2008/12/3 Sandy Drobic
Greg Freemyer wrote:
I normally use in-kernel drivers, but I am pretty sure you are correct, out-of-kernel drivers have to be compiled for the specific kernel they need to work with.
I think even a suse security kernel update will trigger the same thing. I know with VMware I have to recompile every time I get a new suse kernel.
Yes, this is the case with self-compoled raid drivers as well. One of the reasons why I will not buy an raid controller that isn't supported natively by the kernel. It was a major pain to update the kernel while the areca module was not supported.
If I problems all the various problems the only conclusion has to be to use a natively supported raid controller.
Just the thought that a productive system will be down if some unsuspecting sysadmin installs a kernel update is already enough. Also booting from the raid is a bit tricky to configure with software raid compared to hardware raid.
It all comes down to the question in what currency you want to pay: - hard currency at once for a hardware controller - over a long time with more maintenance and more care for a software raid.
-- Sandy
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OK. Just to confirm what I have said: the raid tool during installation does not propose RAID10 ( Only 0,1,5). I'll go and check on the raid's mailing list. However, I really want to understand why can't it be possible to build a pakage of the driver (just like the one made for Suse Enterprise) on OpenSuse? http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/support/sata/sataii/AAR-1430SA/ If the ONLY solution is to use integrated Linux software raid, shouldn't I use the ICH9r then, and sell my Adaptec card? Or should I use Suse Enterprise? RHLE? or Windows? And finally, just to check the prices and figure out what I should do, does someone have the list of Hardware Raid cards supported ? I have check all the manufactures web sites (3ware,Hightpoint, areca...), and it's not clear to me what should work without a flaw. Thanks for you precious help! Kindest regards, ElPaPaNoeL -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org