David Krings wrote: > Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >> * Sometimes the term refers to controllers where the OS driver >> and card's on-board flash BIOS provide 100 percent of the RAID >> capability. This is called software RAID, or less flatteringly, fake >> RAID. >> > Really? AFAIK a fake RAID is considered a RAID controller that doesn't > have its own CPU and RAM, but uses resources of the main system. > Software RAID is when the OS itself performs the RAID functions > regardless if there is a RAID controller or not. As long as you have > (ideally) two identical drives, you can create a software RAID on any > system. > > David > You cut out the part where this is one definition of RAID that is applied to hardware. I believe that the definition of software RAID covers both cases. The first definition covers what the OP has. It is one type of software RAID. Linux software RAID is a type of software RAID as well. Please note, I gave the source of the definition in the original post. Where is your definition of fake RAID from? Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
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