Re: 3ware discontinuing the Escalade Series

[Alan Cox]

> Unfortunately, the Adaptec cards underperform the 3Ware stuff in quite a few
> tests.
> My two main problems with the Adaptec cards: They don't offer an 8-port
> model, and the prices are significantly higher than those of the equivalent
> 3Ware card..

All the other cards I've tried have been materially slower than my 4 port
3ware card - except software raid. The other cards seem to use onboard
i960's and those are visibly underpowered compared with the 3ware
architecture.

Alan