> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Sep 29 12:31:27 2000
>
> On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, ritz wrote:
>
> > While ANY support from Adaptec is better than the active non-support
> > in the past, I find it troubling that they make it so difficult for
> > linux users to utilize their products. Why on earth should we continue
> > to coddle this unwilling vendor? It's for that reason that (when
> > possible) I continue to specify Mylex cards for my systems.
>
> I'm all for using Mylex. If you follow the list, you might have seen that
> the _only_ reason I decided to give Adaptec a try is that Mylex doesn't
> appear to be capable of shipping products. None of the resellers we use
> have had their stuff in stock for a while, and I'm still waiting for the
> low profile 170 to really exist.
I had no problem getting an extremraid 1100 last time I needed one.
Try http://www.tdl.com/~netex/
Also, if you only need RAID 0/1/0+1 I'd *highly* recommend you
look at the 3WARE IDE raid card. I'm using them on a number of
machines (redhat 6.2 and win2k) for things like streaming video
servers, database servers, and web servers. They have been working
well and the cost savings is nice. I just built a mp3 jukebox
machine for a friend's office using 4 maxtor 80gig IDE drives
($300 each) and a 4-port 3WARE card running on Redhat 6.2. The
4 drives and the controller were only a little more expensive
than ONE 73gig cheetah and they have a speedy 300+ gig data
store to use. Had the data been "important" I could have
configured the machine for RAID 0+1 and gotten a mirrored
160gig data store....
I used to be a die hard SCSI fan, but the IDE controllers
are beginning to catch up and the cost differential is huge.
> As an added bonus, these new Adaptec cards are cheaper than ExtremeRAID's
> and much faster than AcceleRAIDs. I don't have an ExtremeRAID to compare
> their performance to. I've been trying to get one for a few months.
Cheaper is nice, but it's not worth squat if you can't rely on
the vendor to supply drivers or meaningful support. About 6
months ago, I posted performance numbers for a dual processor
system running an extremeRAID 1100, 8 barracudas in RAID 5 mode,
and RH6.1.
Cheers,
Chris
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