[LUNI] Adaptec vs 3ware

[Branko Kotur]

On Thursday 16 August 2007 7:23:53 pm Trev Peterson wrote:
> 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,

I haven't worked with Adaptec, so I don't know how difficult it will be to 
install/setup.  With the 3ware, I just installed the distro and it recognized 
the card an set up the drivers automatically.  I didn't have to touch a 
thing.  But then, most closed source drivers aren't included in the distros 
for them to be automatically set up/installed.  

My main experience with closed source drivers is the nvidia drivers.  The 
install is mostly painless and fairly quick.  It's even a lot better then it 
used to be.  Like I said, my main concern is that it works with little to no 
fuss.  If the Adaptec drivers are a pain to setup/upgrade/etc, then I'll 
probably go 3ware.