[ILUG] Linux & Adaptec 2820SA Raid Card

[FRLinux]

On 11/8/06, Aine Douglas <aine.douglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> RAID10 is one of the standard modes... so that doesn't tell me if the
> "advanced data protection suite" is firmware or software :-(

Well I was giving my experience with it, which is *only* RAID10.

> A "couple" of dead hard drives.... OUCH....

Well, thing is we got about 50+ of them and as every big batch, a few
of them is likely to die in the first week if there is an issue with
them, which is exactly what happened.

Heat is not an issue, they're in a server room with proper cooling.
They are mounted vertically. Here's the chassis :
http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/3U/?chs=933

Steph