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On Sunday 07 May 2006 13:06, Peter Humphrey wrote: |
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> Ok, many thanks to all who replied. I think I'll go the hardware |
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> route. |
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> I've found a card that seems ideal for my needs: one that will fit |
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> into the 32-bit PCI 2.2 slots on this motherboard but doesn't cost |
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> more than the pair of disks it will drive. It's the Adaptec 1210SA |
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> controller. |
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> I'll go searching the HCLs, but meanwhile does anyone here have a view |
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> on this device? |
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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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