John R Pierce wrote:
> Vick Khera wrote:
>> Interesting... same advice goes for Adaptec + FreeBSD. I guess
>> Adaptec + !Windows == bad?
>>
>
> i've never liked adaptec, windows or not.
Yeah, I was trying to be as nice as possible since I don't run Windows
anymore, and for all I know their cards are fine on that OS. For me, I
just simplify to "Adaptec == bad", but can only tell you specifically
why that is for Linux.
> always been an LSI fan, as far back as when they were NCR Tolerant,
> then later Symbios. And the AMI Megaraid line, too.
I used to hesitate to recommend them only because their performance used
to lag relative to some of the alternatives--they were more the
"reliable but a bit slower" choice in earlier times. This is no longer
the case.
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