Re: advice: 3ware+raid+xfs

[Joshua Baker-LePain <jlb17@xxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 at 7:28am, Mike Burger wrote

> On Mon, 8 Dec 2003, Feizhou wrote:
> > 
> > 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?

Some (and I forget what models are being discussed here) have a tendency 
to disappear when used in RAID type situations.  Discussed here:

http://wdc.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/wdc.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=913&p_created=1047068027


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Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University