[luau] videl.ics.hawaii.edu disk failure - Your Help Needed

[Warren Togami]

Brian Chee wrote:

> Beware, I've just been burned by the Promise ATA/133 RAID controller...it
> will only rebuild the array if you give a new drive of identical
> geometry....unlike SCSI based raid which only need a similar or larger sized
> drive.
> 
> I'm exploring 3ware's offerings and am enthusiastic about their SATA based
> RAID controllers...should give similar performance to 1gb/sec Fiber Channel
> but for a heck of a lot less money.
> 
> Once I get one running, I'll report back to the list....oh yeah, 2gb Fiber
> channel is truly wonderful stuff under redhat....I used Qlogic HBA's and
> they scream....
> 
> /brian chee

Indeed, there are currently ZERO usable ATA RAID controllers other than 
3ware.  Promise & High Point controllers in particular are the worse of 
the bunch, and should never be used for anything but single disks.

Warren