[ale] IDE Raid Controller that works with Slackware 8.1 ?

[aaron]

I may have misunderstood but...

...During his RAID presentation at last month's Central meeting Dan Cox 
suggested that some of the "hardware" RAID cards may be little more than 
drive controller interfaces that, in actuality, rely on the kernel level 
software RAID to function. A little extra "caveat emptor" may be in order for 
your search. 

In any case, is there a reason that you want to avoid the software RAID that 
is available for the Linux kernel? ( Dan didn't mention any big down sides, 
but then he wrote a lot of the code. ;-)  Or is it the case that the 
Slackware version of the kernel makes it difficult to incorporate the RAID 
options?? 

Just curious... thanks.

peace
aaron

On Monday 30 June 2003 21:12, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Does anyone know of an IDE Raid (5) controller that works well under 
> Slackware?  Specifically, I'd like to avoid cards like the Promise 
> SX4000 - the one that says it works with Linux but has closed source 
> drivers and only works with Redhat and Suse.  I guess any card that has 
> open-source drivers will work, but if you guys have any tips or brands 
> to recommend, please let me know.
> 
> 
> Much thanks,
> CB

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