Is the ArcoIDE solution not true hardware RAID? www.arcoide.com It was driverless last time I installed it in a Debian server. The card setup was about $250 + drives, but I'd go with the RAIDcase if I had to do it again. Tony Wasson www.desertcomputing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kevin Buettner" To: Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:51 AM Subject: Re: IDE Raid install > On Mar 22, 9:02am, Joseph Gledhill wrote: > > > I am having trouble installing Mandrake 8.2 on a promise fastrack 100 > > raid (for mirror). > [...] > > Also what is the performance hit with switching to software raid (for > > mirrors)? > > It is my understanding that the Promise RAID controllers are not > really hardware RAID. In fact, Tom's Hardware had an article quite > a while back on how to convert one of their Ultra cards to a Fastrak > by soldering a jumper wire to the card. > > So, given that the Promise RAID technology amounts to little more than > software RAID, there's really no reason to prefer it over the software > RAID built into the Linux kernel. > > FWIW, I've been using software RAID for quite a while now and have been > very happy with the results. I use mirroring and have been saved on > more than one occassion from the consequences of a drive failure. > > If you want true IDE hardware RAID on Linux, I think the only option is > to use the 3ware Escalade. Or at least it was the last time I checked. > These cards are quite a bit more expensive though. > > Kevin > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >