Re: Sil3112 SATARaid PCI Controller Card

[Daniel Henninger <jadestorm nc rr com>]

> Just as a data point, I had a similar card (I don't remember the  
> exact model), and never got it to work in RHEL4.  The first system  
> I tried it in was an x86_64 system with 8GB.  It recognized the  
> card, but the install would always die with FS errors.  I chalked  
> it up to the card not handling big memory or x86_64 correctly.   
> When I had the exact same problems with the card in a <4GB memory  
> x86_64 system and an i386 system, I chucked it.
>
> I may well have had a bad card, but it didn't give me confidence in  
> add-in SATA controller cards.  When I need one, I hate to say it, I  
> just use a 2 port 3ware 8006 card.  They're not cheap (relatively  
> speaking), but they're *solid*.

None-the-less, that doesn't give me warm fuzzies about the sil card.   
=)  The least expensive 3ware card seems to be around $125.  Yikes.   
=)  Well, that's not -too- terrible if that's when I end up having to  
do to get a card that's worth a flip.

Is there a list somewhere of cards known to work well with RHEL?

Daniel