On Friday 10 February 2006 10:14, Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: > 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
You are correct, you are able to hot-swap the drives without rebooting or anything. I have a 3ware 7506-12 card and I'm able to hot-swap drives aswell, the drivers work very good and the management tool allows you to create/modify/rebuild raid arrays without rebooting. My opinion, 3ware is a great brand with great cards and I'd definately recommend them. But...... Areca cards are a lot faster for the serial ata stuff, altough I'm not sure about there linux driver support, it's worth to take a look at there stuff :) -- Rick van Hattem Rick.van.Hattem(at)Fawo.nl
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