der Mouse <[email protected]> writes: >>> [...] possibility of the inclusion of a simple RAID1 chip [...] >> There is no need for a RAID chip in order to be able to boot from a >> RAID1. I have been doing so in several machines using Linux's md >> capabilities for several years. > > Well, not everybody runs Linux. One of the few advantages of firmware > (rarely actually hardware, though for RAID1-only that's relatively > plausible) RAID is that it is - or at least can be if done right - > completely transparent to software.
FWIW, I use raidframe in NetBSD for RAID1. With raid autoconfiguration, either disk will boot in pretty much any computer. Other than partitioning and installation, it's nearly transparent. That doesn't argue against including a RAID chip, but I wouldn't use it. Given the hw availability schedule for the 6501, surely this ship has sailed.
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