Order it from dvdirect.com. Thats where I got mine. They are in stock, resonably priced, and very fast service. I paid $230 for it. dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu wrote: > Well, I just ordered a 4-port Escalade from eLinux. It's on back order so > I dunno when I'll get it. I also picked up some hot-swap ATA-* drive bays. > When I get it all up and running (I'll have 2 45 GB IBM 75GXPs in RAID0 in it to > start), I'll send a progress report out to the list. If it works out well, > I'm going to get an 8-port card and run 8 14 GB IBMs in a RAID10 config... > Should be cool. > > Gabe > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2000 at 12:24:45PM -0500, Kent Schumacher wrote: > > Well, I've been plowing through all the stuff that was thrown out here and > > I've got some questions. > > > > Those of you using the 3ware Escalade controllers - how are you using them? > > RAID0 / RAID1 / ???. Are you pushing them hard? What kernel are you using? > > Are there detectable performance issues? Has anyone tried the hot swap / > > hot spare that has recently become available? > > > > I'm kind of wandering around my office muttering "it's too good to be true". > > So what are the gotcha's with the Escalade board (so compared to a Mylex > > Acceleraid 150/170). > > > > The thought of spending less money on the hard drives (and more on the CPU/ > > Memory) has got me hoping the escalade board will work for me... > > > > Kent > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org > > -- > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Gabe Turner | X-President, > UNIX Systems Administrator, | Assoc. for Computing Machinery > U of M Supercomputing Institute for | Univerisity of Minnesota > Digital Simulation and Advanced Computation | dopp at acm.cs.umn.edu > > "YOU _GAVE_AWAY_ $47 MILLION DOLLARS?? You fat, bloated eediot!" > - Ren Hoek in "Stimpy's Big Day" > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org