more:
Jeff -
my new server has that exact same "raid" controller in it. Even though you
can set it up in the bios, its not really raid. I know NV tells you its raid,
but its really not.
Jeff Garland spoke forth with the blessed manuscript:
> Kevin Brown wrote:
> >>So I'll goof around with the bios settings a bit to make sure I have
> >>them right.
> >
> >Most of those onboard RAID systems for SATA are not Hardware RAID and so
> >the drives will still each be visible to the host OS.
>
> I'm not sure if the ones on the AN8 qualify as 'real RAID'. Basically
> it appears that the mobo has an NVidia RAID controller onboard. The
> BIOS settings clearly allow for the full setup of RAID -- there's a
> special BIOS utility to define and configure the setup. When I first
> boot the machine there's a message about 'valid array'. It looks like
> this is all setup correctly.
>
> I've been reading a number of postings on various sites about problems
> with this chipset and Linux although it looks like some have it working
> -- but it isn't clear. When I run Knoppix startup in expert mode I can
> see an attempt to load nv_raid drivers which looks like it failed --
> however it scrolled by a bit fast to really see -- I'll have to try
> again. The other little tidbit is that it looks like these are being
> treated as SCSI drives even though they aren't -- there are some message
> to that effect and the Ubuntu setup as well. Finally, after I boot
> Knoppix, QTParted still clearly sees them as 2 devices not one...
>
> Maybe it's not worth goofing with the hardware RAID an just go for
> software RAID -- Linux can clearly do this. I would assume there is some
> performance penalty, but it probably doesn't matter -- this isn't for a
> high volume server or anything.
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------
> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
>
> !DSPAM:11,440b82e7222328289716423!
>
>
---------------------------------------------------
PLUG-discuss mailing list -
PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings:
http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
(text/plain)