From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Clemente Aguiar <caguiar@madeiratecnopolo.pt>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Adaptec AIC-79xx HostRaid
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 14:03:50 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <429B5586.8040004@pobox.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <6A0C419392D7BA45BD141D0BA4F253C776F2@loureiro.madeiratecnopolo.pt>
Clemente Aguiar wrote:
>>On Mon, May 30, 2005 at 06:13:03PM +0100, Clemente Aguiar wrote:
>>
>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>We have acquired some IBM xServers which have an integrated raid
>
> controller
>
>>>based on the Adaptec AIC-79xx U320 SCSI controller (called HostRaid).
>>>
>>>Is there already support for HostRaid? Are there drivers for it?
>>>>From which kernel version and where do I find it in the config?
>>
>>HostRaid is just software RAID; you can ignore it and let Linux use the
>>underlying SCSI devices via the standard aic79xx driver.
>>
>> Jeff
>
>
> What do you mean it is just software RAID? Can you explain?
> On the servers there is a configuration option to enable HostRaid, and when
> I turn that option ON the mirroring between the two discs start and after a
> while they are mirrored.
> I think that in terms of performance it should be better to used the
> "on-board" HostRaid facility.
> Don't you think so?
HostRaid is not on-board. It is provided by your system CPU, through
the card's BIOS and the OS driver.
HostRaid is software RAID, just like Linux's md.
Jeff
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-30 18:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-30 17:48 Adaptec AIC-79xx HostRaid Clemente Aguiar
2005-05-30 18:03 ` Jeff Garzik [this message]
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2005-05-30 23:54 ` Robert Hancock
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2005-05-30 20:52 Eric Jones
2005-05-30 21:06 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-05-30 17:13 Clemente Aguiar
2005-05-30 17:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-05-30 18:01 ` Jeff Sipek
2005-05-30 18:05 ` Jeff Garzik
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