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"TomC" <albert@ayler.bye> wrote in message
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> Ron;
>
> Maybe Promise does good motherboard RAID,
And good PCI card RAID for quite a number of years now.
>but I have had to throw out enough
> of their IDE cards for various reasons over the years that I don't trust
the
> company.
Not ME! Ever since the Ultra33 and original FastTrak they've been quite
good.
> In addition to their expensive cards, 3ware makes a low-end IDE RAID card,
> the Escalade 8006-2LP. It is available on NewEgg for $139.
That's double the price of others.
> My
> previous-version Escalade was easy to install, very Linux-friendly, has
good
> documentation and software tools, and has been perfectly reliable.
>
> I have been waiting for an opportunity to complain about another RAID card
> manufacturer, HighPoint, though I know that this is a bit off the original
> topic.
I have never been high on HighPoint.
SIIG with their recent SilImage ATA & ATA RAID cards are good.
> I tried a HighPoint RocketRaid 133 card before the Escalade, a nightmare
> experience. Installation under Red Hat 9
Did you just describe the Linus universe which I AVOID<g>?
> was convoluted and time consuming,
> but I finally got it to function, and to pass its own diagnostics. Due to
> the miserable documentation, I still don't know if the card works under
any
> but the original RH9 kernel. I eventually noticed that >1 MB files copied
> from the mirrored server were being corrupted, with no error messages
> warning of the corruption. When I tried to find a driver update, I found
> that HighPoint had simply withdrawn the version of Linux driver that I had
> installed (the latest driver), without posting any explanation or a newer
> driver. I don't know if the driver caused the problem, or the hardware, or
> what. I had to verify the integrity of about 17,000 client files from
> backups, and in some cases by manually examining individual files. The
card
> made a nice sound going into the trash. I know, I know, I got what I paid
> for.
>
> TomC
>
> "Ron Reaugh" <ron-reaugh@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:dvWIc.90508$OB3.54796@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> >
> > "TomC" <albert@ayler.bye> wrote in message
> > news:UfLIc.66$zf6.0@news01.roc.ny...
> > > While this may well have limited or no application to mobo IDE
> > controllers,
> > > I'll respond based on my experience with Promise controller cards:
> > > avoid Promise. In your situation I'd try the Intel RAID first.
> >
> > Promise does very good RAID.
> >
> > > If you want a good RAID card from a serious company, try 3ware.
> >
> > Tops but very expensive.
> >
> > > "John" <darl@sco.com> wrote in message
> > > news:v4xIc.15$IWC1.12@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > > > I have a intel chipset board (P4P800E) with a both a built in
promise
> > > > controller and a Intel Controller. If I am using Raid 1, which
> > > > controller would be the better choice to use? Any experiences /
advice
> > > > on the relative performances of each along with advantages or
> > > disadvantages?
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
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