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On Friday 10 February 2006 10:14, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: |
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> So, I'm finally going to buy a 3ware 9550sx SATA Raid board. |
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> From what I've read, it is well supported by linux and it should do true |
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> hardware raid (ie, the OS sees only one drive). Anyway, I found little |
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> documentation about the so-called hot-swap feature. |
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> As I understand it, that means one should be able to remove a faulty disk |
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> from the array, and subsequently insert a new disk, all without powering |
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> off the machine, and with the OS being unaware of what's going on. Is my |
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> understanding correct or am I too optimistic? |
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> More generally, what are your opinions/experiences with 3ware boards? |
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> Thanks |
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You are correct, you are able to hot-swap the drives without rebooting or |
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anything. |
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I have a 3ware 7506-12 card and I'm able to hot-swap drives aswell, the |
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drivers work very good and the management tool allows you to |
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create/modify/rebuild raid arrays without rebooting. |
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My opinion, 3ware is a great brand with great cards and I'd definately |
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recommend them. |
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But...... Areca cards are a lot faster for the serial ata stuff, altough I'm |
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not sure about there linux driver support, it's worth to take a look at there |
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stuff :) |
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Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl |
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