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On Wednesday 13 September 2006 13:09, Brett Johnson wrote: |
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> On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 01:11:08PM +0200, Tomas Synek wrote: |
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> The on-board RAID controllers and most add-in RAID controllers sold |
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> through normal end-user channels are software RAID. Hardware RAID |
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> controllers are very expensive, have a dedicated CPU (well SPU, storage |
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> processor unit) and dedicated RAM for cache. Some even have dedicated |
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> battery backups for the cache. |
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> Even though you have to use the on board BIOS of the Silicon Image or |
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> any other consumer RAID controller to configure the drives for RAID use, |
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> the actual processing of the RAID is done by the OS and drivers, so it's |
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> still software RAID. |
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Thank you to all who have replied. |
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I have read the docs and think I know what I should do, except one thing. |
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The docs do not make it clear how to set the bios, should I set it for normal |
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ide drives and the use linux raid? |
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Or should I set the raid in bios (ie create the arrays) and load the correct |
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raid drivers and then use linux raid? |
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Thanks again |
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Paul |
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