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> Now look at how often your RAID card firmware gets fixed It was updated plenty, from 1.58(B) (earliest I can find) to 6.64(B) https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/s

by xaduha 6y ago

> Now look at how often your RAID card firmware gets fixed It was updated plenty, from 1.58(B) (earliest I can find) to 6.64(B) https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX-67bbae04d4f24e6da8c7aa37bb#tab-history https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/swd/public/detail?swItemId=MTX-... I'm not recommending some abstract hardware RAID, I'm recommending this particular card for personal use, with backup obviously. Although if you just use RAID 0 or 1, then data is perfectly readable outside of RAID with a normal SATA controller.

BuildTheRobots 6y ago
Even for home use I'm not sure I could recommend them. From experience using them in servers, I'd site a handful of problems: + Raid 5 requires BBWC + Raid 6 requires licensing + HPE requires a support contract to download most firmware + When used in servers, they report non-hp drives as being in a constant fault state.
- xaduha 6y ago
  > BBWC why wouldn't you use it if you have it? > Raid 6 requires licensing Keys are out there and can be googled, in any case you probably don't need RAID 6 or any extra features for personal use > HPE requires a support contract to download most firmware Um, firmware for this card is on the page I linked, free as in beer > When used in servers, they report non-hp drives as being in a constant fault state I wouldn't know, haven't seen anything of the sort personally
  - BuildTheRobots 6y ago
    I mentioned the BBWC because the first few links I found to buy the card didn't include it. Nice to see firmware available - in 2014 HP started requiring support contracts or warranties to download firmware updates for the servers which really turned me off them. I didn't realise RAID firmware wasn't included in that (for some reason iLO firmware isn't either, but I think that's probably because it includes OSS). For this reason alone I'd avoid HP on principal. I'm hoping one day I can find a reasonably cheap RAID card that still supports using hte BBWC in JBOD mode...

by xaduha 6y ago

BuildTheRobots 6y ago

Even for home use I'm not sure I could recommend them. From experience using them in servers, I'd site a handful of problems: + Raid 5 requires BBWC + Raid 6 requires licensing + HPE requires a support contract to download most firmware + When used in servers, they report non-hp drives as being in a constant fault state.

xaduha 6y ago
> BBWC why wouldn't you use it if you have it? > Raid 6 requires licensing Keys are out there and can be googled, in any case you probably don't need RAID 6 or any extra features for personal use > HPE requires a support contract to download most firmware Um, firmware for this card is on the page I linked, free as in beer > When used in servers, they report non-hp drives as being in a constant fault state I wouldn't know, haven't seen anything of the sort personally
- BuildTheRobots 6y ago
  I mentioned the BBWC because the first few links I found to buy the card didn't include it. Nice to see firmware available - in 2014 HP started requiring support contracts or warranties to download firmware updates for the servers which really turned me off them. I didn't realise RAID firmware wasn't included in that (for some reason iLO firmware isn't either, but I think that's probably because it includes OSS). For this reason alone I'd avoid HP on principal. I'm hoping one day I can find a reasonably cheap RAID card that still supports using hte BBWC in JBOD mode...