On Wednesday 19 March 2008 2:53:53 pm Chris Snook wrote: > Steve Snyder wrote: > > I'm thinking of using the embedded Adaptec SATA HostRAID > > functionality on my Supermicro X7DWA-N motherboard. > > > > Does anyone have any experience using Adaptec's HostRAID with Fedora > > 7/8/9? Any success or horror stories to relate? > > > > Any information would be appreciated. > > HostRAID is just software RAID implemented in a device driver. It was > originally intended for use with operating systems that lack a generic > software RAID implementation. Since Linux has a robust and > well-optimized generic software RAID implementation (two of them, > actually), it's rather silly to use HostRAID under Linux. Thanks for the info, Chris. I'm a total RAID newbie and thought that the HostRAID BIOS support and Linux device driver worked together, rather than being redundant.
