Vidar, Mathias, Thanks for your replies.
On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:39:41AM +0100, Vidar Tyldum Hansen wrote: > Alain Fauconnet skrev: > > Hello readers, > > > > Did anyone get some luck running a TSL installation over an Adaptec > > 1210SA SATA 'RAID' controller? (actually using RAID). My boss just has > > provided one such beast to me to replace a failing server, and it's a > > "take it or leave it" situation. > > > > The 1210SA actually is a 'fakeraid' controller, meaning that the RAID > > is implemented in the firmware. I've Googled around and found a lot of > > consfusing information about this beast. There *seem* to be Linux > > drivers both for 2.4 and 2.6 that can support the 'fakeraid'. (see > > http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html), however it's very > > unclear to me whether this has a chance to work in TSL 2.2 or 3.0. > > Care to elaborate why you do not want to use software RAID native to Linux? > Using mdadm you get full support and full control. I'm migrating to > software raid even for the servers where I have real hardware RAID. The > performance is no worse, but the flexibility is unmatched. And I get the > bonus of using welltested tools. I know, I know... that would be my approach too eventually, but inquiring minds wants to know. After all if people have taken the pain writing drivers supporting this kind of RAID, they must have had some reasons doing so, right? I don't know how good is this "firmware RAID", how does it compare to Linux MD as for hot replacement and all what Mathias has mentioned. Just wanted to give it a chance, I guess. Also, if these controllers are put on the market, that must be that there is some kind of advantage using them natively, or isn't there? Anyway I've tried booting TSL 2.2 on that box and it hangs for quite a while during HD detection, partition table reading phases with "hdX: lost interrupt" messages. No go. TSL 3.0 boots OK but sees only the physical disks, which means no RAID (expected). Since our standard is TSL 2.2 I'm heading towards a customized installation of 2.2, possibly with a 2.6 kernel and yes, Linux software RAID. Any further input, anyone? Greets, _Alain_ _______________________________________________ tsl-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.trustix.org/mailman/listinfo/tsl-discuss
