3ware controller for SATA works - solves problem with SII chipset

[Karl Denninger]

On Thu, Jul 28, 2005 at 11:36:18AM -0400, Mike Tancsa wrote:
> At 11:22 AM 28/07/2005, Karl Denninger wrote:
> >Got a 3Ware controller.
> >
> >6.0-Beta1 is now stable with gmirror.
> 
> Just curious, why use gmirror with a 3ware ? Why not just use the native 
> RAID features of the card ? They work very well.
> 
>         ---Mike 

Not all of the disks in the array are on the 3ware card - I have two SATA
ports on my motherboard (ICH5) which work perfectly well.

The 3ware card is there for two MORE channels, so I have a means to do "hot"
backups.  This is a much better solution than tapes with larger disks, as
its both faster and leaves you with a bootable volume when you're done.

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