On 02/10/13 11:13, John Hill wrote:
> Adaptec 5805 (in 36-disk enclosures) from Viglen - significant problems,
> which have been blamed on the firmware. We've downgraded twice, and the
> current configuration seems to have stabilised things. However, a
> 24-disk enclosure with this RAID card has given no problems - so I have
> some doubts about the 36-disk enclosures (I don't think I'd buy another
> one).
>
> DELL H700 and H800 in PE R510. The H700 had to be replaced - it was
> systematically ejecting any disk in a specific slot but otherwise they
> have been OK.
At UCL we have had similar experience: lots of iteration with Viglen,
Western Digital and other sites to track down and work round the
problems with the Adaptec 5805 in our 36-disk enclosures, and no
significant problems with the Dell hardware controllers.
Cheers
Ben
>
> John
>
> On 02/10/2013 10:54, Elena Korolkova wrote:
>> Hello
>>
>> could you tell me, please. what RAID controllers are you using (make
>> and model). Do you have any issues with them?
>>
>> thanks
>> Elena
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