* jdd ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [20070311 13:01]: > sorry if I seem silly, but how can any raid controller work without > any software? if not in user space nor kernel space; it must be > somewhere onboard?
That answer isn't that silly :) The hardware RAID controllers also need software, but in the form of firmware onoard the controller, running on the controllers (embedded) CPU. This means that all operations are transparent to the OS, e.g. the OS only sees the RAID device(s) and not the underlying drives. Philipp -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
