Re: question about hardware raid 1 (IDE)

[Eerin Mikael Rosenström <erosenst cc hut fi>]

On Thu, 7 Feb 2002, Innercity Films wrote:

> No - I don't believe anyone has stated that. The following are
> HARDWARE-BASED IDE raid cards that are known to work well:
> 
> * Escalade Series (5000-7000)
> * Adaptec 2400a (i2o based)
> * Promise Supertrack
> 
Yes, but they work with own drivers. Not kernel ata-raid driver...
3ware have driver in scsi section, and adaptec & Supertrac are i2o based
cards. 

> The Fasttrack and highpoints are NOT hardware-based raids. They use the
> drivers for their intelligence.
> 
> > Eerin Mikael Rosenström wrote:
> >
> > >>What hardware base RAID cards work with ATA and RH Linux?
> > >>
> > >>
> > > None, all "ata-raid" is sw-raid. 3ware make escalede 7000 seris, it is
> hw
> > > raid...
> > >
bad english...
> >
> > Hm. You say that there are no IDE based "real" HW-RAID solutions?
> >
No, but kernel ata-raid section is pure sw-raid. This mailing list shoud
cover ata-raid sw-raid. 3ware & Supertrac & adaptec have diffrent list...



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