From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
Subject: Re: Which controller is recommended for a hardware-raid
Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 14:45:15 -0500
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On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 07:16:34PM +0100, linuxraid@valli.org wrote:
> Hello all,
> After painful experiences with some raid-controllers, namely
>    - Adaptec AIC-7902 in the HostRAID (RAID 1) configuration
>      (After 9 hours trying, searching compiling, I found this
>       http://mbserver.adaptec.com/view.php?bn=linux_scsi&key=1064363305&pattern=AIC-7902+hostraid
>       It's a shame!)
>    - FastTrak 100 (RAID 1 configuration)
>      (I was forced to use either SuSE or Red Hat, download a driver, and
> taint the kernel)
> So I don't want to make the same mistakes (first buy, then try) again.

There is an open source driver for the FastTrak now...
(assuming it's SATA not PATA)

	Jeff