Using RAID chipsets in the motherboard.

From: Ramasubramanian Ramesh (rramesh_at_ti.com)
Date: 12/30/03

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    Hi,

      It is been a while since I did active stuff with linux. Thus my knowledge of what is current in
    the OS is outdated. I tried to get newer info with HOWTOs and other stuff. But still I am not sure
    at all. Here are my questions.

    1) All most all of the newer motherboards come with SATA RAID. Is this usable
       as is without any additional kernel drivers. I ask this because I read in
       many knowledge base resources that a HW controller looks just like an IDE
       controller.

    2) What about additional on board RAID controllers? Like the VIA/PROMISE
       Chipsets built into some of the ASUS mother boards? Do they require
       additional drivers or can I use them just like any other IDE controller?

    3) My need for using these controllers is to have the ability to add extra disk
       and I do not need their RAID features. But if RAID can be had without much
       trouble I definitely would like to give it a try. The bottom line is I like to get beyond the
    4 drive limit with the standard primary and secondary
       controller on the Mobo with the use of these additional builtin controllers.

    Thanks for the time. If it is not too much trouble please also CC me your response.

    Thanks and Regards
    Ramesh 

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