Controller Advice

[storrgie]

I am in need to purchasing a controller(s) to address 16 drives in my Norco 4220.
I use Ubuntu Linux LTS (currently 10.04, most recent kernel) and mdadm for pool management

I desire the controller(s) to support SFF-8087 and allow me to poll the drives with smartctl

Does this exist?

Here are the cards I consider:

ARC-1300-4I - I see problems using hdparm and smart, which causes kernel panic
HP RR 2680 - Same, people posting with kernel panics and not being able to address drives.

I currently have two AOC-USAS-L8i cards, but they do not support smart.

PLEASE let me know if you have any experience in this realm or require more information from me.

 

[storrgie]

Does anyone know if the Areca ARC-1300IX-16 would work well in linux?