[Leaplist] 3Ware AWOL

[Kevin Korb]

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I have never had a problem with a 6xxx series 3Ware card but then I only
ever saw two of them.  One even survived me accidentally running a direct
short through the LED pins that melted the entire length of the LED wires
(about 2 feet).

I have never seen a problem with a 7xxx series 3Ware card and I have used
probably around 20 of them at work.

I have never seen a problem with an 8xxx series 3Ware card and I have used
at least 50 of them at work and one at home.

I have never seen a problem with a 9xxx series (yes I know 9xxx covers
more than one series) card either.  I have used somewhere around 10 of
those at work.

The worst I have to say about 3Ware is that their port number labeling is
not always consistent.

However, after saying all that I still prefer Areca RAID controllers over
3Ware even though I have only used one of them.

On Thu, 10 Sep 2009 17:45:20 -0400
Jason Boxman <jasonb at edseek.com> wrote:
> I find 3Ware cards about the most difficult to get working properly. 
> I've had several 6xxx cards now that seem to go home to mommy on a soft 
> or hard reboot.  Sometimes they eventually wake up and the system boots.
> 
> As of yet I haven't figured out a way to reliably solve the issue. 
> Usually I play music PCI slots, as I've had that assist when 3Ware 
> fights a SCSI controller for boot BIOS supremacy.  Musical slots is the 
> last refuge of the hopeless, though.
> 
> Yeah, I know it's 2009 and SATA and PCIe is calling.  You go with the 
> hardware you have, not what you might wish for or plan to have at a 
> later date...
> 
> I suppose I have to be content to power cycle when I need to reboot.
> 
> Two different 6410s produce this behavior.  I've also seen it in a 
> 7500-4 on another box which never used to do it before.
> 
> With drives so large, next time I buy drives (I've had these 3-5 years 
> now) I'll be doing SATA and RAID 1 with whatever SATA controller the 
> mainboard ships with.  Enough expansion cards.
> 
> 


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