[LUNI] Adaptec vs 3ware

[Trev Peterson]

On Thu, 2007-08-16 at 19:09 -0500, Branko Kotur wrote:
> 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.

Maybe you've had different experiences than me but almost uniformly open
source drivers / tools MEANS easier (read often can get it packaged for
that distro and updates don't break it).

When I needed to get the aacraid management tools to work on Debian (for
a Dell branded Adaptec card) I got to play with alien, wait on hold for
support, and finally migrate everything to software raid.  This has been
a fairly routine experience with closed sourced drivers to the point
that I don't even consider closed source drivers/tools anymore (it's
just not work the headache).

Best of luck with whatever route you choose, 
-- 
Trev Peterson
Advanced Reality
Email: trev at advanced-reality.com
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