[geeks] Recommendations for RAID

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Steve Haavik wrote:
> Well, I see the LSI Logic FC929X listed on the hardware support page.
> That appears to be the chip driving their current generation of
> fiberchannel HBAs.
> http://www.lsi.com/storage_home/products_home/host_bus_adapters/fibre_channel_hbas/index.html
>
>
> Unfortunately I don't have any experience with fiberchannel cards so I
> can't say if these are any good. I have used their SAS cards though and
> like them better than the Adaptec cards they replaced. Heck, I don't
> even know that these will do raid. I know the SAS cards we got did, but
> that doesn't say much.
>
> The competative matrix in this may give you an idea of what other
> vendors have too.
> http://www.lsi.com/DistributionSystem/AssetDocument/LSI_Product_Selector_Guide_Rev_Jan10_FIN.pdf

That's fine for an HBA, but it doesn't do RAID in hardware, as far as I 
can tell.

Peace...  Sridhar