On Sun, 2004-10-24 at 12:58 -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote: > On Sun, Oct 24, 2004 at 12:04:48AM +0900, Nils Valentin wrote: [snip] > > A SiS3114 is NOT hardware raid. It is software, just secret proprietary > software. If you want hardware raid with open source drivers, you have > to get a 3ware card or a scsi raid card. Those are the only choices at > the moment. Other hardware ide/sata raid cards exist, but not with open > source drivers that I am aware off. Isn't *all* real h/w RAID "just secret proprietary software" on the RAID controller? Whether it be in flash or an EEPROM, real h/w RAID controllers have a dedicated (usually specialized) CPU for handling the RAID calculations, SCSI commands, RAM cache, etc. Thats why when you call up IBM, HP or Sun with a disk-related issue, they ask you if your SCSI cards & RAID controllers are at the latest ROM version. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "Would you mind not firing on the thermonuclear weapons?" A great line, from a *great* movie: Broken Arrow
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