Promise SX6000 vs Adaptec 2400A

Greg Lindahl lindahl at conservativecomputer.com
Thu Nov 8 07:59:30 PST 2001


On Thu, Nov 08, 2001 at 12:01:48AM +0800, Kian_Chang_Low at vdgc.com.sg wrote:

> With 3ware existing the IDE raid storage card market, I was looking for a
> replacement for a cluster and came across the Promise Supertrak SX6000 and
> Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A.

If I understand these cards correctly, both are I2O cards. So you can
use their proprietary drivers, or you can use Linux's I2O driver, and
in both cases, you can put multiple controllers on one system.

I haven't tried it personally, though.

greg





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