[6.0-RELEASE] Trouble with Intel-SATA-RAID Controller

[Matthew D. Fuller]

On Thu, Jan 12, 2006 at 02:44:59PM +0100 I heard the voice of
Raphael H. Becker, and lo! it spake thus:

Note that this:

> 3ware:
>   * 3ware Raid Controller Escalade 8006-2LP, 2 Channels,  about 130-150 EUR

is a "real" hardware RAID controller, while I'm pretty sure that this:

> highpoint:
>   * RAID S-ATA Highpoint Rocketraid 1640, 4 Channels, ca 100 EUR

is a more "software"-ish (I think the xxxxA Highpoints are the
hardware-ish ones).  Not that that's necessarily good or bad either
way; just a point.


> Any experience with theese controllers?  Any other
> manufacturers/models in the range between 100 and 200EUR for 2
> disks?
> PS: 100 EUR = 121.26 USD 

Well, I've got a server running on a Promise (TX2200, maybe?) 2-port
SATA, which cost me about US$50.  It's software-ish, but pretty well
supported.


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