From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stan Hoeppner Subject: Re: Inexpensive RAID1 controller for home server? Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 00:17:37 -0500 Message-ID: <5031C871.8080105@hardwarefreak.com> References: <50306707.40302@hardwarefreak.com> <20120819153443.7f697ca6@natsu> <50315F39.2030404@hardwarefreak.com> <20120820040640.5b4f77ac@natsu> Reply-To: stan@hardwarefreak.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20120820040640.5b4f77ac@natsu> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Roman Mamedov Cc: Mark Knecht , Linux-RAID List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 8/19/2012 5:06 PM, Roman Mamedov wrote: > On Sun, 19 Aug 2012 16:48:41 -0500 > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> Yeah, you're right. All Silicon Image ASICs suck. > > "The only generic advice I can give you at this point) is to avoid > Silicon Image controllers, particularly their SATA controllers. They > have a history of causing data corruption on Linux, FreeBSD, and > Windows, and some have reported other miscellaneous problems with them > as well." There is no confirmation of a bug in the 3132 because of all these issues you quote are board specific. Known product flaw/failure statistics dictate there will be thousands of bad cards shipped when the total chip volume is in the 10s of millions. So please, stop spreading FUD about SiI chips. It's fine to have an opinion and share it. Just don't back it up with unsubstantiated and unconfirmed claims. Simply say what you know to be fact: Some people have had problems with some cards containing the SiI 3132. Don't make the claim that all 3132 chips have a defect when you can't back that statement up with facts. Thank you. -- Stan