Joe's Random Ramblings

Until recently, I held Adaptec SCSI controllers in high regard.
But, it turns out the "RAID" support on their 39320 cards is just fake RAID, in other words, software RAID.
And they don't even provide the kernel driver module for Linux (called a320raid), except in binary form for some rather specific Linux distributions with specific kernels.
I found this out the hard way, trying to set up a RAID system with an Adaptec 39320A-R card

I have a real hardware RAID card in another Linux system, using an LSI Logic Megaraid card.
If I wanted software RAID, I could have used the raidtools on Linux without an expensive Adaptec card.

So, bottom line: Adaptec will not get any more of my money. Ever.