[LUNI] Adaptec vs 3ware

[Branko Kotur]

On Thursday 16 August 2007 6:54:53 pm Trev Peterson wrote:
> Are you going to use on card Raid or just use it as a 4 port sata card?
> I haven't used adaptec for several years since their raid management
> tools were closed source (even thought the driver was in kernel) then.
> If you are using this for software raid this should not be an issue.
> Currently, I have a 3ware controller and can recommend them if get the
> battery backup unit.  With no BBU performance can be a fair bit slower
> than software raid.  I know a lot of linux users that swear by 3ware,
> not the case with Adaptec.
>
> HTH,
>
> 	Trev
I'll be using hardware raid.  As far as the open/closed source drivers, that's 
not an issue for me.  I'm more concerned with it working with little to no 
fuss on my part.

I haven't had any issues with my current 3ware cards, but I'm told that the 
adaptec is faster which is the main reason I'm considering it (plus it's 
slightly cheaper, cheaper is good :D ).