Re: 1x 3ware controllers vs. 2x 3ware controllers

On Thu, 2004-07-29 at 20:53, Adam Hunt wrote:

I'm looking at building what I guess you could call a budget NAS
array.  I'm looking to start with four 250MB SATA drives on 3ware
8506-4LP controller.  I eventually want to move to eight drives in the
box.  Is there any reason to expect that the performance of eight
drives spread across two 8506-4LP controllers is going to be any worse
then the same eight drives all on one 8506-8?

are they on the same PCI bus or not?

I've had issues where removing a drive (without notifying the 3ware
card) causes all access to that controller to lock up about 20 seconds
later.  It only locks up though for about 10-15 seconds and then
continues normally, so depending on your demands, that may be just fine
for you.

	Scott