So, I'm finally going to buy a 3ware 9550sx SATA Raid board. >From what I've read, it is well supported by linux and it should do true hardware raid (ie, the OS sees only one drive). Anyway, I found little documentation about the so-called hot-swap feature. As I understand it, that means one should be able to remove a faulty disk from the array, and subsequently insert a new disk, all without powering off the machine, and with the OS being unaware of what's going on. Is my understanding correct or am I too optimistic?
More generally, what are your opinions/experiences with 3ware boards? Thanks -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
