I'd stay away from Promise if possible. ;) On 09/16/2011 12:35 PM, Mark Jarvis wrote: > > Thanks to all who responded. > > Red face time. > > I just checked Tiger Direct--they have several SATA cards from $20 to > $60. Any particular brand you recommend to a) use or b) stay away from? > > -mj- > > > Eric Shubert wrote: >> The problem I referred to was with software/linux raid and raw drives >> on the promise controller. Just to be clear. >> >> As you said they seem to work fine as standalone (no raid) drives. >> >> On 09/16/2011 09:27 AM, Stephen wrote: >>> I have never liked promise raid, too flaky. but as just raw drives >>> they are very nice. >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Eric Shubert wrote: >>>> On 09/15/2011 08:29 PM, Stephen wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I have a promise sata1 cars with two ports on it. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I have a promise pci 4 port sata3 card. These work ok, so long as >>>> you don't >>>> put a raid-5 array on it. There used to be (2 years or so ago) a >>>> fairly rare >>>> problem with software raid and these cards. I don't know if the problem >>>> applies to other raid types or not, nor whether the problem has been >>>> fixed. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> -Eric 'shubes' >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------- >>>> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>>> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >>>> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >>>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- -Eric 'shubes' --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss