[geeks] 3ware Escalade 9500

[Phil Stracchino]

On 12/07/11 17:35, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Phil Stracchino wrote:
>> On 12/07/11 10:23, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
>>> Anyone know if I can use multiple 3ware Escalade 9500-series RAID
>>> controllers in a single machine?  Can you span arrays across them?
>>
>> Honestly?  I wouldn't use 3Ware at all.  (But if you want to try it, I
>> have a spare 9500S you can have for cost of shipping.)
>>
>> Personally, I'd rip out the 3Ware and drop in some nice LSI Logic hardware.
> 
> I've had no end of problems with LSI Logic controllers.
> 
> They *definitely* don't work multiple controllers to a machine.

Funny, I have no problems at all with two LSI 3080X cards in my NAS box.
 Of course, I'm using them in JBOD mode underneath ZFS.

> How big is that spare 9500?

9500S, 12-port, PCI-X.  Works as far as I know.  Cache battery may need
replacement.


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