Re: Supported IDE hardware RAID controller?

From: G Miller (lgraym_at_nonet.net)
Date: 03/23/04 

Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2004 05:36:49 -0500

Suse 8.0 detected my Promise FastTrak array correctly during
installation. RedHat (7.3, 9.0) and Mandrake (9.0, 9.1, 9.2 and 10.0)
did not.

Gray

Michael Heiming wrote:
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> Hi!
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> I'm looking for a supported IDE hardware RAID controller, with
> supported I mean OSS driver that are *included* in the kernel.
>
> Additional *CLI* *tools* for setup, controlling and alike, MIBs
> would be nice for net-snmp.
>
> Ability to hot-swap would be nice but isn't a must have.
>
> Didn't found that much until now, from this overview:
>
> http://www.linuxforum.com/linux-hardware/ideraid.html
>
> Most don't have native driver, you need to taint the kernel and
> are required to run some distro kernel, which isn't an option for
> me.
>
> This one looks promising, no driver needed and it comes with CLI
> config tools.
>
> http://www.arcoide.com/products/raidcontrollers/techspecs-525bay.html
>
> Not really cheap, has anyone used this kind of controller and can
> share his experience?
>
> If there are other hardware IDE controller, with the required
> specs, please let me know.
>
> A mobo with an integrated IDE RAID would be another option, but
> it looks like they don't meet the above requirements.
>
> Thx for reading
>
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