Yes.

The 9550 was the only card available at the time that worked with the motherboard, that didn't cost $5K and was SATA. (Yes other boards were available, but the PCI spec on the Motherboard forced the choice... as it was currently not supporting certain types of cards)

The Card's firmware needs to be updated seriously.

The kernel Scott *WAS* running was Sarge's, Right? (2.6.8)

There have been some firmware updates that have addressed many issues since I bought the card.

As far as using Adaptec cards... FEH.

I have *MORE PROBLEMS*, in both slowness and data consistency with SCSI and SATA via Adaptec RAID cards than the 3Ware Cards.

Adaptec Firmware updates for "Adaptec brand" cards only, if you have an "OEM" card you have to get them from your OEM which drops your version 6 months after you buy the damn thing.

I've only had *ANY REALLY GOOD LUCK* lately (4-5 years) with MegaRAID series of stuff... and I am still skeptical as they used to Sucksoplenty back when Dual Athlon MP processors were the rage... what 7-8 years ago?

The only server class stuff I REALLY still trust at all is the IBM ServeRAID stuff. Bucksoplenty for them.

Post #299,275 by malraux 11/9/08 2:15:36 PM Reply	Yes. Pain in the ass, too. The drivers caused kernel faults, and both times we lost a drive the mirror got trashed. Regards, -scott <i>Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.</i>
Post #299,279 by boxley 11/9/08 3:17:33 PM Reply	that may be why the xfs tools cant find a superblock what was the name of the card again? I can do some poking around Yes, Virginia, there really is an Obama Claus. You can hear him shouting, "On Pelosi, on Reid, on Kennedy, on Biden. Cash away, cash away, cash away all!"
Post #299,280 by malraux 11/9/08 3:32:23 PM Reply	Re: that may be why the xfs tools cant find a superblock Believe it's a 3ware 9550, or something like that. I need to boot the machine to find out, but I'm trying to do that as infrequently as possible. Regards, -scott <i>Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson.</i>
Post #299,281 by boxley 11/9/08 3:34:23 PM Reply	thats fine, I can start there. (out of curiousity) is adaptec out of fashion? I suppose greg or andrew could answer that for me. Lately I need to get re-familiarized with intel based systems thanx, bill Yes, Virginia, there really is an Obama Claus. You can hear him shouting, "On Pelosi, on Reid, on Kennedy, on Biden. Cash away, cash away, cash away all!"
Post #299,287 by folkert 11/9/08 5:09:35 PM Reply	I ordered and installed the 9550. The 9550 was the only card available at the time that worked with the motherboard, that didn't cost $5K and was SATA. (Yes other boards were available, but the PCI spec on the Motherboard forced the choice... as it was currently not supporting certain types of cards) The Card's firmware needs to be updated seriously. The kernel Scott WAS running was Sarge's, Right? (2.6.8) There have been some firmware updates that have addressed many issues since I bought the card. As far as using Adaptec cards... FEH. I have MORE PROBLEMS, in both slowness and data consistency with SCSI and SATA via Adaptec RAID cards than the 3Ware Cards. Adaptec Firmware updates for "Adaptec brand" cards only, if you have an "OEM" card you have to get them from your OEM which drops your version 6 months after you buy the damn thing. I've only had ANY REALLY GOOD LUCK lately (4-5 years) with MegaRAID series of stuff... and I am still skeptical as they used to Sucksoplenty back when Dual Athlon MP processors were the rage... what 7-8 years ago? The only server class stuff I REALLY still trust at all is the IBM ServeRAID stuff. Bucksoplenty for them.
Post #299,291 by boxley 11/9/08 5:19:09 PM Reply	funny inside my ibm 3550's is all adaptec, why I asked Yes, Virginia, there really is an Obama Claus. You can hear him shouting, "On Pelosi, on Reid, on Kennedy, on Biden. Cash away, cash away, cash away all!"

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