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> Some pointers about what manufacturers/boards provide true hardware raid: |
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> http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html |
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> http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html |
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> I had to face this problem myself some time ago. Seems that areca, 3ware, |
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> IBM, some of Adaptec's and a few others are the ones you can choose from |
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> (they provide true hw raid). I bought an Areca ARC-1120 and I'm happy |
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> with it, but YMMV. |
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Very useful - thanks. Looks like I'll have to try harder with sw raid, as I |
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don't think it's worth spending £300 to make the disks go faster, and this |
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box has only 32-bit PCI slots so I can't fit a modern card (unless you know |
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different). |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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