On Mar 25,  9:41am, Tony Wasson wrote:

> > 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.
>
> 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.

I stand corrected.  It does appear that ArcoIDE is true hardware RAID. 
It looks like an interesting solution.  Thanks for bringing it to my
attention!

Kevin