CentOS - Jun 2006 - Raid Cards

http://www.highpoint-tech.com/datasheets/RR2220%20datasheet_050430.pdf 
Anyone know if this is any good under Centos 4.3 ? I see there is a 
current RHEL 3 and 4 driver. Would that driver survive kernel upgrades, 
I'm guessing it would being modular ?

(please don't tell me that 3ware is the only make to use, tw_cli is not 
exactly user friendly).

Anyone using this - 
http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=RAID%20HBAs&product_id=147
Promise has never given me any joy under Linux.

cheers

On Tue, 6 Jun 2006 at 12:28pm, Tony Wicks wrote
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/datasheets/RR2220%20datasheet_050430.pdf
Anyone
> know if this is any good under Centos 4.3 ? I see there is a current RHEL 3
> and 4 driver. Would that driver survive kernel upgrades, I'm guessing
it
> would being modular ?
Is the driver in the kernel?  That's the real test for me.  Relying on a 
vendor for driver updates for new kernels (no, you can't use a kernel 
module compiled against kernel 2.4.9-31 in kernel 2.4.9-32) is *never* a 
good place to be.
> (please don't tell me that 3ware is the only make to use, tw_cli is not
> exactly user friendly).
I disagree, but then there's always the pointy-clickiness of 3DM2.

-- 
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

Tony Wicks wrote:
> http://www.highpoint-tech.com/datasheets/RR2220%20datasheet_050430.pdf 
> Anyone know if this is any good under Centos 4.3 ? I see there is a 
> current RHEL 3 and 4 driver. Would that driver survive kernel upgrades, 
> I'm guessing it would being modular ?
Forget this proprietary software raid drivers. Just use the kernel 
software raid capabilities. There has yet to appear a company that 
manufactures bios on a chip raid cards that provide adequate or even 
minimal linux driver support.
> 
> (please don't tell me that 3ware is the only make to use, tw_cli is not
> exactly user friendly).
If you don't like hardware raid then there is nothing else for you.
> 
> Anyone using this - 
>
http://www.promise.com/product/product_detail_eng.asp?segment=RAID%20HBAs&product_id=147
> 
> Promise has never given me any joy under Linux.
Nor has any other bios on a chip raid card manufacturer.

Yes, Promise is supposed to have a few actual hardware raid cards...