Messages in this thread | | | From | Michael-Luke Jones <> | Subject | Re: [QUESTION] Sata RAID | Date | Sat, 24 Feb 2007 17:11:56 +0000 |
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But using 'fakeraid' (i.e. BIOS RAID) together with dmraid is generally discouraged in favour of using the more stable and well supported Linux Software RAID functionality.
Michael-Luke
On 24 Feb 2007, at 15:24, Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz wrote:
> > use device mapper and dmraid > > http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/ > > and please read > > http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html > > On Saturday 24 February 2007, Patrick Ale wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Quick question, >> >> Since I am going to open my server today to do some pata tests (for >> the weird detection problems people are giving me fantastic help >> with, >> no sarcasm, I really mean it) I thought: why not add two 320GB SATA >> disks on the SATA controller that the mainboard has. >> >> I am wondering: should I use the onboard RAID function? Is this >> supported by Linux? I remember back in "the old days (TM)" there were >> seperate (spelling) drivers for ataraid, how does the current 2.6 >> branch cope with the RAID functions of modern motherboards? >> >> I am aware that it is NOT hardware raid, the raid is done in the >> driver, which is why you need this fancy boot disk before installing >> Windows on your RAID set. >> >> Or would you suggest me to stick with MD devices? >> >> >> Cheers, >> >> Patrick Ale >> patrick.ale@gmail.com >> >> "kun kasvan isoksi, halun olla poro" > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux- > kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > >
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