> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edward Schernau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2000 3:03 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Fw: Adaptec AAA-133U2 Raid Controller support
>
> Gregory Leblanc wrote:
>
> > To add a little more detail, Adaptec has decided that they
> do not want this
> > product to work under Linux. The AAA-13X series cards
> perform ALL raid in
> > SOFTWARE, using custom drivers that Adaptec has written. I
> was under the
>
> So it's like WinSCSI? Or LoseSCSI? ;-)
More like WinRAID. :-) It's not really all that different from the
Software RAID tools provided for Linux, or the ones by Veritas for Solaris,
or the NT4 software RAID tools, except that it's implemented through a
driver interface, rather than just built into the OS (that said, I don't
know how the Veritas/Solaris tools work, that may also be a driver). It's a
concept that has it's merits for proprietary OSs, but sort of falls appart
for "free" projects, like Linux and the Hurd.
>
> > P.S. It's not a "windows-only" product, it is also
> supported under Novell
> > Netware 4 and 5.
>
> Cool, wonder why Adaptec is being so lame about this, and why
> they'd market a software RAID package as their RAID solution.
Actually, Adaptec recently purchased DPT, a long time hardware RAID
manufacturer. I expect that they will begin to sell some of the DPT cards
under an Adaptec label. As always, this is just IMHO, and doesn't
necessarily have any bearing on reality.
Greg
