Re: RAID HBA options

I didn't know that about the firmware mods either. I can now certainly see the advantages of getting all your parts from a single vendor. I had no idea that a RAID was such a persnickety and delicate proposition.

I'm curious about "the Seagate thing." Are they crap, too? I bought a model with a five year warranty. I thought that was a good bet. I've heard countless times that all drive makers make a bad disk here and there. There was a big Seagate fiasco earlier this year or late last year, when they sold thousands of bad drives.

If you don't mind elaborating, what other lessons have you learned?

Jim Curtis
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