Re: SATA, RAID, A8N-E, 3800+ help
Marco Amadori wrote:
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> The differences is between needing a "special" RAID driver (most of fake
> harware raids) and a simple SCSI one (like high-end ibm raid controllers:
> real hardware raid).
The OP said any driver, and I pointed out that isn't true. Trying to
have users tell the difference between software raid drivers and
hardware raid drivers is, I think, harder than just having them tell
software vs. hardware raid controllers apart. After all, the latter can
be done with a high confidence by looking at the price tag.
> And btw linux software raid outperforms most fake hardware raid (software
> ones), so you really no not need an "hardware" raid controller on linux, just
> a bunch on disks.
Linux software raid has a lot of advantages like being able to configure
on a per-partition, not per-disk, basis. Many true hardware raids can't
even do that.
However, I haven't actually seen benchmarks showing its faster. I'm not
sure how you'd benchmark it, either... You'd have a lot of
windows-vs-linux differences to filter out somehow.
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