So to sum it up: 3ware is safe. Belkin and even the Promise FastTrak TX2000 probably won't work as a true hardware only solution. So 3ware it is. At least the Belkin card was a hand-me-down at $0 cost. Thanks, Bob Quoting Sam Barnett-Cormack <s.barnett-cormack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, WA9ALS - John wrote: > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Sam Barnett-Cormack" <s.barnett-cormack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Monday, February 16, 2004 6:21 AM > > Subject: RE: Raid 1 > > > > > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > > > > > Am Mo, den 16.02.2004 schrieb Sam Barnett-Cormack um 12:08: > > > > > On Mon, 16 Feb 2004, Alexander Dalloz wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Am Mo, den 16.02.2004 schrieb kaze um 04:57: > > > > > > > I might be totally wrong, but if you set up the RAID as > hardware > > RAID, from > > > > > > > the OS's point of view there is only one hard drive - so there > is > > _no_ OS / > > > > > > > software stuff to do. > > > > > > > > > > > > You are wrong, in the case you are speaking of those "fake" RAID > > > > > > adapters like the Belkin IDE the OP asked about or the low budget > > > > > > Promise or HighPoint controllers. they are just BIOS supported > pure > > > > > > software (with special, often closed source driver) controllers. > > > > > > Speaking of IDE RAID controllers only the 3ware controllers are > real > > > > > > hardware RAID controllers. They have an own logic chip doing the > > job. > > > > > > > > > > Actually, a lot of these cheap IDE RAID controllers really do do > > > > > something, and don't require any drivers. They do require a > braindead > > OS > > > > > which trusts the BIOS completely. Of course, they generally do only > do > > > > > RIAD0 and or RAID1, which are very light on the computation. > > > > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > > > Do you have specific examples about controllers (chips) working as > > > > RAID0/1 without any additional driver and on which OS? At least you > are > > > > not speaking about Linux, aren't you? > > > > > > Not linux, no - as it's not braindead enough to let the BIOS tell it > > > what's going on. Windows is - the card in my desktop at work works with > > > no extra drivers under windows 2k, at least. Windows doesn't even say > it > > > knows it's RAID. The setup is done entirely through the card's BIOS. > > > > So if I get a new Dell server with hardware RAID, it that going to work > > EASILY as a single drive with FC1?? > > Depends on what hardware RAID the system uses. > > -- > > Sam Barnett-Cormack > Software Developer | Student of Physics & Maths > UK Mirror Service (http://www.mirror.ac.uk) | Lancaster University > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
