Any experience with XFX Revo64 RAID cards?

probedb · 24 Aug 2006 at 13:30

I bought one a while ago but I've heard one or two people have had problems with RAID sets disappearing occasionally and the original manufacturer of the hardware RAID chipset has gone bust so no support.

Anyone any thoughts before I buy 5 drives for it?

Ta

richard smith · 24 Aug 2006 at 17:04

I've got one with 5 x 250gig drives.

Never had a problem...

I wouldn't recommend it for the boot/system drive though... just use it for data storage as it's a bit slow compared to a single drive ..

Gregeff · 24 Aug 2006 at 21:25

Just brought one and have 3X 250Gb Samsungs, which will increase to 5 at some point.

Not got around to setting it up yet though, was going to have them in RAID3 using for everything. But since hearing they're slower than one drive for OS i'm not sure what i'll do!! Maybe have them in RAID3 for data and keep my 160Gb Samsung for OS.

richard smith · 25 Aug 2006 at 08:16

Gregeff said:
Just brought one and have 3X 250Gb Samsungs, which will increase to 5 at some point.

Not got around to setting it up yet though, was going to have them in RAID3 using for everything. But since hearing they're slower than one drive for OS i'm not sure what i'll do!! Maybe have them in RAID3 for data and keep my 160Gb Samsung for OS.

Thats what I'd do

probedb · 25 Aug 2006 at 11:41

Thanks for the replies people

I guess it's just a few that have had problems. I have a 40Gb IDE drive for boot on the server...planning on it being on 24/7 if I can.

Methanoid · 26 Oct 2006 at 12:34

probedb said:
I bought one a while ago but I've heard one or two people have had problems with RAID sets disappearing occasionally and the original manufacturer of the hardware RAID chipset has gone bust so no support.

Anyone any thoughts before I buy 5 drives for it?

Ta

Revo64 has issues with OLD Maxtor drives, many of which can be fixed by upgrading the FW on the Maxtor. Mine (both 5 port and 3 port, latter FS BTW!) worked perfectly with Hitachis as well.