On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:11:29 +0000 Dave Howorth <dhoworth@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
Paul Neuwirth wrote:
Hello, can someone recommend a real hardware RAID S-ATA Controller compatible with Linux (openSUSE 10.3).
I use 3ware 9500s successfully.
Cheers, Dave
Thanks for the fast answer. The 3ware 9500S series seems to be supported by a standard kernel module. on the website of 3ware can be downloaded a cli management software and raid seems to be configurable by card's bios 2 questions left: according to http://www.3ware.com/products/serial_ata9000.asp / http://www.3ware.com/products/pdf/9000_DS_012605.pdf # Optimized hardware XOR RAID 5 engine provides true hardware based RAID and intelligent drive management functions # Supports RAID levels 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, Single Disk (JBOD) # PCI 2.2 compliant 64-bit/66MHz bus master is RAID 10 really supported by hardware raid or only RAID 5? does it work in a PCI-32bit/66MHz system? Thanks -- Q: Why do mountain climbers rope themselves together? A: To prevent the sensible ones from going home.