Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Sat, 26 Aug 2006 13:55:36 -0700 | | From | "Dan Williams" <> | | Subject | Re: Linux: Why software RAID? |
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On 8/23/06, H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> wrote: > Chris Friesen wrote: > > Jeff Garzik wrote: > > > >> But anyway, to help answer the question of hardware vs. software RAID, > >> I wrote up a page: > >> > >> http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html > > > > Just curious...with these guys > > (http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/KillerOverview.aspx) putting linux on a > > PCI NIC to allow them to bypass Windows' network stack, has anyone ever > > considered doing "hardware" raid by using an embedded cpu running linux > > software RAID, with battery-backed memory? > > > > It would theoretically allow you to remain feature-compatible by > > downloading new kernels to your RAID card. > > > > Yes. In fact, I have been told by several RAID chip vendors that their > customers are *strongly* demanding that their chips be able to run Linux > md (and still use whatever hardware offload features.) > > So it's happening. Speaking of md with hardware offload features:
http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/xscaleiop/ols_paper_2006.pdf?download
> -hpa
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