Subject: Re: SATA RAID controller recommendations
To: None <current-users@NetBSD.org>
From: Dan Melomedman <dan@devonit.com>
List: current-users
Date: 12/08/2003 15:00:14
Chris Tribo wrote:
> I recommend not getting any promise product. We made the mistake
> of getting a ST6000 from them. Until the last firmware update, the card
> didn't notice bad blocks or write failures from the disks, and just
> happily kept writing. So you end up with the array going on and offline
> randomly,and/or the card locking up randomly and/or data corruption. It
Thanks.
> Most of what I've heard recommends 3ware. All their cards are
These seem to be at least twice as expensive as most two channel SATA
cards though.