> On Thu, 18 Oct 2001, Paul Moore wrote: > > if you are looking for hw ide raid on linux you might also try adaptec's > > 2400a. > > Yah, that is what we are planning on falling back on. Unfortunately, > the Adaptec cards are limited to two channels and cost twice as much > as 3Ware's offerings, but it looks to be the best we can do. >
i think you might have the wrong card in mind, the 2400a has four ata-100 channels. they offer another low-cost model that only has two ports and by my best-guess looks like a hw/sw raid solution, ala promise. the 2400a is a full hw solution, four highpoint ata-100 chips controlled by a i960rs. it also supports up to 128m of cache and ships with 32m (or 64m, can't remember). > Do you happen to know if the driver for that card is GPL'ed, i.e., to > go into the mainstream kernel? yep, it is in the later 2.4 kernels. like i said before i think it was 2.4.10 that first included the "Adaptec I2O" scsi controller, but don't hold me to that revision, i was used to hand patching the driver in and forgot when i stopped. i know 2.4.12 has it, i just built that two days ago. adaptec has also posted the driver source on their website, linux.adaptec.com. .... [EMAIL PROTECTED] .... www.alumni.engin.umich.edu/~pcmoore .... ********************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following text in the *body* (*not* the subject line) of the letter: unsubscribe gnhlug **********************************************************
