Subject: Re: Abit KT7A-RAID/HPT370/2.4.14 questions...
From: Joshua J. Kugler (isd@as.uaf.edu)
Date: Mon Nov 26 2001 - 14:29:00 AKST
I understand that, but what I meant was that Linux's software RAID (which
makes no bones about being software RAID, obviously) is actually a better
RAID system than the "hardware" RAID cards which just use drivers to
implement the RAID.
j----- k-----
On Monday 26 November 2001 02:08, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> I believe that 'Linux raid' you're refering to IS software raid.
>
> Jim
>
> On Sun, 2001-11-25 at 23:26, Joshua J. Kugler wrote:
> > Correct me if I'm wrong on the technical details, but...won't the
> > built-in highpoint controllers also function as standard IDE controllers,
> > so you can have four IDE channels? If so, why not just use them as such,
> > and then use Linux RAID, which by all accounts I've heard, is actually
> > better than the software RAID controllers (highpoint, promise, etc.)?
> >
> > j----- k-----
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