Hi I've actually been thinking to get either 3ware or Adaptec, but they are so hard to find here. I see that SuSE has direct support for them, so no installation problems, just to "throw it in"... Jaska. Viestissä Sunnuntai 23. Joulukuuta 2001 01:16, Jon Pennington kirjoitti:
On Sat, 2001-12-22 at 17:02, Anders Johansson wrote:
Shame it's only software RAID though. You would think they'd write drivers for a server/workstation OS like linux to use a server/workstation feature like RAID.
Even the Windows drivers are really only software; the driver does the work instead of the kernel, though, so you don't have to use the kernel's software RAID functions to do the work. There is a slight performance improvement by using the driver. StorageReview.com had an article about this with Windows2000 (or maybe it was Tom's). There are only two true ATA RAID brands, 3ware and Adaptec, and their products are a LOT more expensive than this HPT card.
The mantel kernels have this compiled as a module by default btw, so I think you're OK with a default SuSE install.
Neat! :)