On Sunday 04 March 2007, tleslie wrote:
you are better off using the 3ware over linux RAID, because with linux you'd have to get a expansion sata pci-x/e expansion card anyways, and thus you may as well get the 3ware with hardware raid 5 or even 50 built in.
Well that depends on the hardware. The last Dell low-end server I purchased had 6 sata headers on board, and that was standard. The expansion board for 6 more was only $50 AIR. For industrial use there might (MIGHT) be a reason to go 3ware, but by and large any home or small business use is better off long term with software raid. Did you know you can mix drive types with software raid? Some scsi, some sata, some ATA? Yast sets it up perfectly. -- _____________________________________ John Andersen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org