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 E75BE53F8D for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:54:54 -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 95859-03 for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 14:54:51 +0000 (GMT) Received: from stark.xeocode.com (stark.xeocode.com [216.58.44.227]) by svr1.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A247F53DFB for ; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 11:54:48 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=stark.xeocode.com) by stark.xeocode.com with smtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1DM5jy-0007jy-00; Thu, 14 Apr 2005 10:54:46 -0400 To: pgsql-performance@postgresql.org Subject: Intel SRCS16 SATA raid? From: Greg Stark Organization: The Emacs Conspiracy; member since 1992 Date: 14 Apr 2005 10:54:45 -0400 Message-ID: <87zmw1h0i2.fsf@stark.xeocode.com> Lines: 14 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at hub.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.008 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests=AWL X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200504/283 X-Sequence-Number: 11680 Our vendor is trying to sell us on an Intel SRCS16 SATA raid controller instead of the 3ware one. Poking around it seems this does come with Linux drivers and there is a battery backup option. So it doesn't seem to be completely insane. Anyone have any experience with these controllers? I'm also wondering about whether I'm better off with one of these SATA raid controllers or just going with SCSI drives. -- greg