Re: 3ware Cards

[KoReE <koree@squishy.ameth.org>]

Yup, I was able to find some of this info after I posted this.  One
important thing to remember is that the 6200 does not do RAID 5, according
to their website.  Have you ever set up a system with hot swap using these
cards?  I'd like to set up a system with removable drive bays with hot
swap capability and hot standby.  3ware.com says this is possible, but
I've always been leary about hot swapping much of anything.

Koree

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On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Steven Pritchard wrote:

> KoReE said:
> > Anyone know where I can find the best price on these things?
> 
> For right now, I'd just hit PriceWatch.  (If you don't mind waiting a
> week or two, I might be able to sell them cheap.  :)
> 
> There are 3 revisions of the cards right now.
> 
>     5000	ATA/33, RAID 0/1/1+0
>     6000	ATA/66, RAID 0/1/1+0/5 (*)
>     7000	ATA/100, RAID 0/1/1+0/5 (*), 64-bit PCI
> 
> * Make sure you are running with the latest firmware and drivers if
> you want RAID 5 to work reliably.
> 
> I haven't messed with the 7000-series (yet), but I'm assuming that
> they number the cards the same.  The numbering scheme goes like this:
> 
>     x200	2-port (max 2 drives), short PCI card
>     x400	4-port (max 4 drives), full-length PCI card
>     x800	8-port (max 8 drives), full-length PCI card
> 
> So there are 5200, 5400, 5800, 6200, 6400, 6800 models, and probably
> 7200, 7400, and 7800.  I'm told there is also a 6410, which is the
> 6400 on a short card.  The 5400 and 6400 are on the same board as the
> 5800, but with only half the board populated.
> 
> > Also, Steve,
> > I've heard you say good things about these, but can find little
> > documentation on using these with Linux?  Any URLs you could throw my way
> > would be much appreciated :D
> 
> There really isn't much to it.  Use the 3w-xxxx SCSI driver, get
> firmware and such from www.3ware.com, and install 3dm (also from
> www.3ware.com) if you want to monitor/configure a running card.
> 
> Steve
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