[1825] in linux-scsi channel archive
Re: Set up RAID over linux
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Neuffer)
Wed May 7 17:48:49 1997
Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 16:54:10 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Michael Neuffer <neuffer@goofy.zdv.Uni-Mainz.de>
To: Arturo Pina <apl@ctv.es>
cc: linux-raid@vger.rutgers.edu, linux-scsi@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199705070730.JAA25562@sandra.ctv.es>
On Wed, 7 May 1997, Arturo Pina wrote:
> Of course I know that software RAID is 'not' reliable yet in Linux,
> but I was talking about hardware RAID. This way I still would like to
> know about someone that has used it, and if someone can tell me about
> his experience with hardware RAID on Linux. For what I've been able to
> find the main contenders are Adaptec (3985W) and DPT (PM3334). They
> both provide RAID5 support. Do you think it's a good choice? I'm also
The Adaptec is not a hardware RAID controller. Adaptec has all RAID
logic in the lowlevel drivers for the controllers. Since Adaptec does not
publish the source for this, the controller is nothing but a
multichannel controller.
For me the PM3334 is obviously a good choice.
Mike
