From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brad Campbell Subject: Re: SATA chipset recomendations Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 12:44:54 +0400 Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <40C6CE06.8050907@wasp.net.au> References: <200406082012.58968.linux_mail@rozpooh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: <200406082012.58968.linux_mail@rozpooh.com> To: chris Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids chris wrote: > I want to setup a Linux software RAID 1 / Mirror array in the 2.6 kernel. I > am looking for feedback regarding the best supported SATA chipsets. Do any > of these cards stick out as having better driver support? Can you reccommend > another card I have not mentioned? > > (I am not wanting to spend the big bucks on hardware RAID, so I am not much > interested the expensive 3Ware or Adaptec cards) > > Promise SATA150 TX4 ~ $65 > (I don't really need 4 ports, but, I would not mind having them for future > use) I have 3 of these in my server. They are great and I believe Promise supports Jeff with Specs and Hardware. Support those that support linux! I used them to replace 2 Highpoint RocketRaid 1540's which worked ok with the Highpoint supplied 2.4 driver but were flaky and limited to about 15MB/s under all 2.4 and 2.6 native drivers that I tried. My ASUS A7V600 has onboard 2 Channel VIA SATA raid (with the BIOS disabled) and libata runs that well too. I also have a Cardbus SIL-3112 based card which works ok also. I have to say I it's my belief that the Promise cards appear to be the best supported natively. They would be my bet anyway. With 1 SATA150 and 3 drives I can max out the PCI bus easily, with 3 cards and 10 drives it's out of the park. Regards, Brad