Re: 3ware vs Areca

The Arecas are a lot faster than the 9550, more noticeable with disk counts
from 12 on up. At 8 disks you may not see much difference.

The 3Ware 9650 is their answer to the Areca and it put the two a lot closer.

FWIW ­ we got some Arecas at one point and had trouble getting them
configured and working properly.

- Luke

On 7/11/08 6:26 AM, "Jeff" <threshar(at)torgo(dot)978(dot)org> wrote:

> I've got a couple boxes with some 3ware 9550 controllers, and I'm less than
> pleased with performance on them.. Sequential access is nice, but start
> seeking around and you kick it in the gut.  (I've found posts on the internets
> about others having similar issues).  My last box with a 3ware I simply had it
> in jbod mode and used sw raid and it smoked the hw.
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> Anyway, anybody have experience in 3ware vs Areca - I've heard plenty of good
> anecdotal things that Areca is much better, just wondering if anybody here has
> firsthand experience.    It'll be plugged into about 8 10k rpm sata disks. 
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> thanks
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> Jeff Trout <jeff(at)jefftrout(dot)com>
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