Messages in this thread |  | | | From | "Milan Roubal" <> | | Subject | Re: Promise SATA 150 TX2 plus | | Date | Thu, 10 Jul 2003 01:54:59 +0200 |
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Hi, > Milan Roubal wrote: > > >So other question - is there SATA controler that > >is working in linux multiple controlers (4 cards) > >and is for better bus than standart PCI? Like PCI-X or > >PCI 66 MHz like promise is? > > > > > > Most current SATA cards aren't faster than 64/66. Heck many are > 32/66, or 64/33. The problem is most everyone other than 3ware's linux > drivers suck. I can't find a non raid SATA controller than works for me > under linux. >
Heh, bad news for me.
> 3ware cards tend to max out a 64/33 solt around 6 drives for > sequential IO. (This will change in their next gen cards) You get much > better performance with two 8 port cards running 6 drives each than a > single 12 port card. Personally I recommend either 3ware raid10, or > linux software raid 5 if you're a performance junky. > > Adaptec does have a new 4 port card sata raid card. It seems to work > well, and the driver on their cdrom includes around 30 precompiled > binaries for various RH, MDK, and Suse kernels. Source for the updated > aacraid driver is included. An interesting side note their cdrom seem > to run linux. (Yes they seem to provide source/patches for the various > gpl programs it uses.) > > -- > Once you have their hardware. Never give it back. > (The First Rule of Hardware Acquisition) > Sam Flory <sflory@rackable.com> >
All this cards are RAID controllers, I want only SATA controlers and I am using software raid 5. I was using Promise TX2 controllers for PATA drives and it was working great, so I tried the SATA card from Promise too and it looks only troubles and troubles... Milan Roubal
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