X-Original-To: pgsql-performance-postgresql.org@localhost.postgresql.org Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.144]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9BE4853202 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 15:22:36 -0300 (ADT) Received: from svr1.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (av.hub.org [200.46.204.144]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 42140-10 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 18:22:34 +0000 (GMT) Received: from hosting.commandprompt.com (128.commandprompt.com [207.173.200.128]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BF85853FD3 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 13:44:28 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.52] (fc1smp [66.93.38.87]) (authenticated bits=0) by hosting.commandprompt.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id j3EGdUma012630; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:39:30 -0700 Message-ID: <425E9DE2.7030005@commandprompt.com> Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 09:44:18 -0700 From: "Joshua D. Drake" Organization: Command Prompt, Inc. User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-1.3.2 (X11/20050324) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Mohan, Ross" Cc: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Re: Intel SRCS16 SATA raid? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.027 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/312 X-Sequence-Number: 11709 > > >Our vendor is trying to sell us on an Intel SRCS16 SATA raid controller instead of the 3ware one. > > Well I have never even heard of it. 3ware is the defacto authority of reasonable SATA RAID. If you were to go with a different brand I would go with LSI. The LSI 150-6 is a nice card with a battery backup option as well. Oh and 3ware has BBU for certain models as well. Sincerely, Joshua D. Drake