> I think late model Dell (post the bad chipset problem, circa 2001-2?) and
> IBM and Sun servers are fine because they all use simple SCSI adapters from
> LSI or Adaptec.
Well I know that isn't true at least not with ANY of the Dells my
customers have purchased in the last 18 months. They are still really,
really slow.
> Also - there are very big issues with some SATA controllers and Linux we've
> seen, particularly the Silicon Image, Highpoint other non-Intel controllers.
> Not sure about Nvidia, but the only ones I trust now are 3Ware and the
> others mentioned in earlier posts.
I have great success with Silicon Image as long as I am running them
with Linux software RAID. The LSI controllers are also really nice.
J
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> - Luke
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