Not quite. Onboard RAID typically has a BIOS to setup arrays. A driver is needed by the OS so it recognizes the controller BUT onboard RAID is like cheap modems. It works best with Windows. Alot of the load is offset to the CPU whereas a true hardware RAID controller will have its own processor. Thus my use of WinRAID.
--- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Aye, With hardware raid you will either have a BIOS type of > utility or > a bootable CD or floppy to set up your RAID first. You will > need to > creat the array and stripe the set before the OS will see it.. > however > once set up the RAID is pretty much invisible to the OS ( with > the > exception of the needed driver ) so you dont do a separate > RIAD setup in > software. > > > Mark __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
