Re: sil3114 problem
On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 04:36:54AM +0200, the.death.angel@gmx.net wrote:
> thanks for your replies. I would like to use "real" raid. As I have to use
> Windows and Linux, software raid will not be that good for me. Additionally,
> it will not be that fast for cutting of films from my camcorder.
>
> I checked the Promise SX4M (or so). On the manufacturer page, there is no
> information, that this is also software raid. Additionally a guy said, that
> it works fine in sarge. What I figured out is that this is the same sh...
> but with hardware support. Of course, Linux still does not use the raid
> functionality. So I guess, I will have to change this card to a 3ware, which
> is a lot more expensive. But it should work. At least I hope so.
>
> Do you know any other good hardware raid controllers, that are not that
> expensive?
Some people have said areca are pretty good and cheaper than 3ware.
Installing on one is a bit trickier since the drivers although open
source and available, are not yet included in the kernel, and are not on
the debian install CDs yet that I know of.
I imagine this could be fixed at some point.
Len Sorensen
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