I've also been looking at a few of the current crop of mobos that feature RAID "support".
I'm *not* interested in them because they purport to support RAID--I've heard civilme's warnings several times--but rather in the interest of getting an extra IDE channel or two. Is this a reasonable expectation? ::mark > > So few people know that the promise RAID controller is nothing > more than a > BIOS extension chip with some proprietary, secret, copyrighted software. > > Look at the Duke of URL site. He was taken in sufficiently by > the totally > fake hardware to show how to write a driver from the proprietary > RH driver. > > Or check www.linux-ide.org for a link to a project to support > these so called > hardware RAIDs. > > Or look at kernels after 2.4.8-31mdk and you will find support > for reading > Windows RAID but happily no support for using the vastly inferior > software > RAIDs in linux. > > As a matter of fact there is a RAID in linux and it has been around for a > while, in software. > > Feature Promise, HPT, CMD Linux Software RAID > > RAID styles 0, 1, 0+1 0, 1, 4, 5, 0+1 > Extents 1 No limit > Volumes No Logical Volumes > of several drives > Cost in space Yes, drive destroked Dependent on RAIDx > Compat with > Windows Yes No, but can read > after kernel 2.4.9 > > Basically, some controller manufacturers and board manufacturers > are making > money selling these RAIDs representing them as something they are > arguably > _not_. If you want a read hardware IDE RAID supported in ANY OS > that runs on > a PC, its name is ARCO, and there is a link to it at > http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html > > I am really displeased that so many folks are being taken in by this hype. > > If my opinion is not enough, then see what Mr. Linux-Ide, Andre > Hedrick, the > fellow who slaves to keep up with industry drivers, had to say about it. > > http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=450&lang=en > > Sorry to go on a rant, but this one really annoys me. The > manufacturers are > so jealous of their bogus IP that they won't provide enough info > for us to be > compatible. > > Civileme > >
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