From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Joe Landman Subject: Re: /dev/md2 stopped after changing SAS controller Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 10:29:11 -0400 Message-ID: <4DCFE337.7090306@gmail.com> References: <20110513202900.GA1926@apartia.fr> <4DCE99D0.1010900@hardwarefreak.com> <20110514151812.GA3074@apartia.fr> <4DCEC7C0.80306@hardwarefreak.com> <20110514191532.GA15753@apartia.fr> <4DCF12E1.1020809@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Mikael Abrahamsson Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 05/15/2011 03:26 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson wrote: > On Sat, 14 May 2011, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > >> >> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816101358 >> http://www.supermicro.com/manuals/other/AOC-SASLP-MV8.pdf >> >> Simple JBOD only HBA, no fakeRAID. Uses a Marvell 88SE6480 chip, 8 >> SAS/SATA ports via two SFF8087. $110 USD. I've heard minor rumblings >> WRT the mvsas driver though I don't recall specifics. The board itself >> is good quality, as with most things SuperMicro. > > MINOR!??? I've had this card for 1.5 years, it still not usable (as far > as I can discern) as of 2.6.38. Do NOT buy it. Please stop recommending > this card for Linux use unless it's to your enemies. +1 to Mikael We have a number of these. They are pretty much useless. We *do not recommend them for any purpose whatsoever*. We got them to test, and they were and are wastes of money. Again, this is why making sure that the bona fides of those making recommendations don't begin and end with a google search ... > > Buy a 1068E (3081E) based card, they've been working fine for a long time. > +1 on that. We like the 3081E, and the 9211-8i for these purposes. Both work quite well. Again, ignore these cards, they will absorb your money and your time. -- Joseph Landman, Ph.D Founder and CEO Scalable Informatics, Inc. email: landman@scalableinformatics.com web : http://scalableinformatics.com http://scalableinformatics.com/sicluster phone: +1 734 786 8423 x121 fax : +1 866 888 3112 cell : +1 734 612 4615