[Leaplist] 3Ware True Hardward RAID two (2) and eight (8) channel Parallel ATA (IDE) cards ...

[Bryan J. Smith]

Okay, regarding the two (2) channel 3Ware Escalade 7006-2LP cards, I'm
going to be calling the seller tomorrow and hopefully I'll have
something worked out by Friday (it's been near-murder on Wall Street as
of late, so I haven't had time for additional follow-ups with the
seller).

So far, I have the following people in ...

    Raevsky:  1 (verify?)
  Whittaker:  2
     Boxman:  1 (verify?)
    Simpson:  2
      Perry:  2
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     at least 8 so far

I was going to aim for 15 in case anyone else who is interested.  If I
get enough people, I could aim for 20.  Price will not be more than $20,
and it might be a few bucks cheaper, depending on what I can negotiate.
I'll put a full driver CD together as well for Linux and Windows (BSD
also if you really want it).

These are 32-bit, 33/66MHz PCI 3.3V cards with 5V tolerance.  That means
they work in _any_ PCI or PCI-X slot, period, any voltage, completely
universal.

Also, I now have the following cards available as well:  

- 3Ware Escalade 7800 eight (8) channel, full length
- 3Ware Escalade 7500-8 eight (8) channel, half-length

These are both 64-bit, 33MHz PCI 3.3V cards with 5V tolerance (again,
universal).  I have now tested both in PCI-X slots, and confirmed 64-bit
PCI-X _can_ slow down to 33MHz (66MHz isn't required).  They will also
work in 32-bit, 5V PCI slots too.

The 7800 is my 6.5 year-old, proven card which I paid almost $400 for
new in 2001.  I verified it is the 2nd rev, not the initial, 1st rev
with bugs (I verified that 4 years ago).  It's been my primary card all
these years, period.  The sucker will _max_out_ the 64-bit x 33MHz
(266MBps theoretical) transfer rate with 7 drives in RAID-5 at reads, or
8 drives at RAID-10 at reads/writes -- around 200MBps sustained DTR.

The 7500-8 is the newer version (double the SRAM on-board) that I
purchased more recently, and I've been using for an additional 7+1
drives in my server.  I'm moving over to newer SATA, and I have a 7506-8
card now too (66MHz capable version), so I don't need it anymore either.

-- Bryan

P.S.  The next time I'll be in Orlando will be 3/29 (Sebring on 3/15,
Bahamas on 3/22).  I might just come to the next InstallFest on 4/5
and/or instead.


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Bryan J  Smith              Professional, Technical Annoyance
mailto:b.j.smith at ieee.org  http://www.linkedin.com/in/bjsmith
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