I'm looking for anyone who is running one of the newer 'series-5' (since march 2008) high-end Adaptec cards, to find out about their experience. I'm considering running the 5805 on my desktop machine.
Is the card working?
Do you boot from it?
How did you install the Adaptec Storage Manager software (only RPM's)?
The series 5 cards are:
52445
51645
51245
5805
5085
5445
5405
A nice way to spend $650:
http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/product...ance/SAS-5805/
Their 'support' page is insulting; their 'strong Linux commitment' means RPM-only and officially for just the big corporate distros (RHEL, SEL).
http://www.adaptec.com/en-us/_common/linux