[Gllug] Decent Linux/RHEL5-compatible SATA raid card

[Karanbir Singh]

Kostas Georgiou wrote:
> The only decent ones that I know are from 3ware and areca. I have no
> experience with the areca cards (I'll be getting a few in the next weeks
> though) but both have drivers are in RHEL4/5.

I've been using Areca cards for about 3 years now, and can honestly say
that I like them just as much as the 3ware ones, if not more - specially
on setups with > 8 drives.

With 3ware, make sure you get something that is >= 9550. The older
models are not all that great.

If you are looking for cheaper alternatives, there are a whole bunch of
SIL based h/w raid0/1 capable cards that work as well. I'd be happy to
dig up some pciid's if someone is interested.


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