Re: [Hampshire] Gentoo adaptec RAD controller hangs

If the appropriate solution seem seems to be to use more than five or so
drives an any one RAID array then I'd venture to suggest the solution is
incorrect. Anyone contemplating using 20 (or 11) drives in one array is
either doing it deliberately for some specific reason or doesn't
understand the implications of what they are doing.

To return to the original point: RAID-1 in the Linux kernel is cheap,
reliable and effective. If RAID-5 is required, a dedicated h/w controller
that provides true RAID is the best solution. Of course there are other
ways of doing things.

Keith