On Sat, Aug 06, 2005 at 04:36:54AM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > thanks for your replies. I would like to use "real" raid. As I have to use > Windows and Linux, software raid will not be that good for me. Additionally, > it will not be that fast for cutting of films from my camcorder. > > I checked the Promise SX4M (or so). On the manufacturer page, there is no > information, that this is also software raid. Additionally a guy said, that > it works fine in sarge. What I figured out is that this is the same sh... > but with hardware support. Of course, Linux still does not use the raid > functionality. So I guess, I will have to change this card to a 3ware, which > is a lot more expensive. But it should work. At least I hope so. > > Do you know any other good hardware raid controllers, that are not that > expensive?
Some people have said areca are pretty good and cheaper than 3ware. Installing on one is a bit trickier since the drivers although open source and available, are not yet included in the kernel, and are not on the debian install CDs yet that I know of. I imagine this could be fixed at some point. Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
