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From: Marcus Andersson <marcus@××××××.se>
To: gentoo-server@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-server] Sata controller for a backupserver!
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2005 15:21:08
Message-Id: 1113924074.7845.21.camel@oracle
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-server] Sata controller for a backupserver! by Sean Cook
1 On Tue, 2005-04-19 at 06:58 -0400, Sean Cook wrote:
2 > I highly recommend any of the 3ware cards. The promise raid controlers
3 > that I have used have always been problimatic. Usually at the driver
4 > level. Never had a single problem with the 3ware cards.
5
6 >From what I've heard there has been problem with therre raidcards since
7 the driversthey have released is closed-source precompiled for redhat or
8 suse.... but this is not a raidcard and the driver is not distribution
9 specific but rather kernel specific 2.4 or 2.6
10
11 I really appressiate the input and I will have a look at 3ware.
12
13 Thanks
14
15 /marcus
16 >
17 > Marcus Andersson wrote:
18 >
19 > >Hi I'm in the process of setting up a new backupserver and has gotten my
20 > >sight set on a controllercard from promise called SATAII150 SX8.
21 > >
22 > >There is som opensource driver to be downloaded from promise so my
23 > >question to you all is... Is there anyone out there who has gotten this
24 > >to work under Linux (gentoo)?
25 > >
26 > >If you have gaotten this to work where you satisfied with the card or
27 > >would you recomend something else?
28 > >
29 > >
30 > >/marcus
31 > >
32 > >
33 > >
34 >
35
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