On Fri, 2005-10-14 at 11:26 -0500, Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
- Has anyone used the current 3Ware drivers with linux (preferrably in a
compile-your-own kernel environment)?
I recommend against 3-Ware due to their poor performance. I also discourage people away from LSI/Symbiosis Megaraid configurations.
I have had excellent luck with the Adaptec stuff in both performance and in speed in Linux.
- If so, what's your environment (disto, 32/64-bit) and how well do they
work (speed, stability)?
Kernels 2.6.8, 2.6.11, 2.6.12, 2.6.14 32-bit SMP all perform poorly with 3-Ware for me. Various distributions.
- Is anyone running the AMD64 port of Debian (sarge), and if so what are
your thoughts about using this in a production environment (or should I stick with the plain x86 port for now)?
I'm on the Debian-Devel mailing list and I highly recommend AGAINST it. It doesn't yet have "first class" status with the dev team. It's scheduled for full support in December of 2006.