Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list linux-xfs); Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:28:09 -0800 (PST) Received: from burgers.bubbanfriends.org (IDENT:postfix@12-222-156-122.client.insightBB.com [12.222.156.122]) by oss.sgi.com (8.12.10/8.12.9) with SMTP id hB8CRpTa023658 for ; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 04:27:52 -0800 Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by burgers.bubbanfriends.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 986311437156; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:28:10 -0500 (EST) Received: by burgers.bubbanfriends.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id D548A1437123; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:28:08 -0500 (EST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by burgers.bubbanfriends.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4FBA3006537; Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:28:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2003 07:28:08 -0500 (EST) From: Mike Burger To: Feizhou Cc: linux-xfs@oss.sgi.com Subject: Re: advice: 3ware+raid+xfs In-Reply-To: <3FD403E9.5050801@linuxmail.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Virus-Scanned: by AMaViS new-20020517 X-archive-position: 1278 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com Errors-to: linux-xfs-bounce@oss.sgi.com X-original-sender: mburger@bubbanfriends.org Precedence: bulk X-list: linux-xfs Content-Length: 954 Lines: 33 On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Feizhou wrote: > Gaspar Bakos wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I am about to build a system for data reduction, but before I do so, I > > thought of posting this in case anyone has useful hints (don't do that!, > > or be careful with...) > > > > It would be a dual xeon mobo + 3ware Escalade card + 4x250Gb (WD) disk, > > you will want to make the firmware/bios of the harddisks and the 3ware > are compatible or go for maxtors. The latest should be safe otherwise > you are going have funny things happen with your WD drives. What kind of "funny things" have you seen with WD drives? -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org:2000 To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@bubbanfriends.org with a message of: subscribe