From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: =?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?= Subject: Re: linux pci raid card recommendations? Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 23:56:46 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20050122224005.GA5906@xmission.xmission.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <20050122224005.GA5906@xmission.xmission.com> (lf@xmission.com's message of "Sat, 22 Jan 2005 15:40:05 -0700") Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org Cc: lf List-Id: linux-raid.ids lf writes: > I've been looking at the highpoint and adaptec 8port SATA cards. The > adaptec card costs twice as much. Is it worth it? The highpoint card is fakeraid, so I'd consider it overpriced if it costs half as much as an Adaptec card. > Is there some other card I haven't found that works better under > linux than either one? 3ware cards have a good reputation, and from what I've seen they work pretty well. When using a hardware raid controller, always remember that you are completely at the mercy of the vendor, since the on-disk format is generally proprietary. --=20 M=E5ns Rullg=E5rd mru@inprovide.com - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html