Re: Sata Sil3512 bug?

[Alexander Sabourenkov <screwdriver@lxnt.info>]

MisterE wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Alexander, does these problems with the Promise SATA300 TX4 happen to
> everyone?
> 

Most probably not, as I think it would have been fixed much faster then.

I was waiting for a) release of 2.6.23, and b) me completing the move to 
another flat
to retest all the latest developments in mainline and libata-dev.

With a) done and b) almost done, I'll retest and report any issues quite 
soon.

Besides, there is a report of TX4 and 2.6.23 not showing problems that 
were there with 2.6.22,
( see "Bug is fixed in 2.6.23.1: sata_promise: port is slow to respond, 
reset failed" thread).


> The only alternatives are
> using soft-raid products as normal controllers. Does anyone have experiences
> with the following products?
> * Highpoint RocketRAID 1640 (150 MB/s)
> * Highpoint RocketRAID 1740 (300 MB/s)
> * Adaptec 1210SA
> 

For any kind of non-hobby task I'd skip trying to build a disk array to 
buying a SATA-SCSI/SATA-iSCSI box.
While I had many mind-boggling issues with various combinations of SATA 
HDDs, onboard and standalone
controllers, Promise and Infortrend disk arrays worked quite reliably.

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./lxnt