Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 07:06:41 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: freebsd-performance@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SATA: RAID 5 controller recommendations Message-ID: <4368B9E1.4020009@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.0.20051102072534.0668f150@64.7.153.2> References: <000801c5d434$579de280$b3db87d4@multiplay.co.uk> <4368921C.40305@roq.com> <D48102F3-F079-46D6-AC46-8AA34545645C@bnc.net> <6.2.3.4.0.20051102072534.0668f150@64.7.153.2>
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Mike Tancsa wrote: > At 05:47 AM 02/11/2005, Achim Patzner wrote: > >>> For SATA I have always been getting the Dell 750s (now 850s) which >>> use the 'aac' >>> Adaptec AdvancedRAID Controller driver, do 'man aac' for more details. >> >> >> Did you ever have to replace a failed drive? You might try it, just >> to see if you're still happy afterwards. > > > Thats one thing I must say about 3ware that I really like. I have been > using the cards for years now and have not had issues when it came to > swapping out dead drives. I havent had the opportunity to do it with > the ARECA yet in production to see how it works, only as a test. Just as another note for those searching the archives, I buy nearly only Dell servers (1850's and 2850's these days), and I typically do RAID1 in them, and occasionally RAID5. They are plenty fast to support the RAID1 and RAID5 with the local disks, but any real high performance data storage I connect via Fibre channel array built as a 16 disk RAID0+1 (or RAID10 depending who you ask). Changing out dead drives (or even live ones) has never been an issue. Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology Anything that works is better than anything that doesn't. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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