From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Roman Mamedov Subject: Re: Does Linux support Intel Smart Response Technology? Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2011 10:22:03 +0600 Message-ID: <20111005102203.27b61a20@natsu> References: <08c701cc830b$91ed7900$b5c86b00$@Watkins-home.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=PGP-SHA1; boundary="Sig_/AjR9FFEnq39BKf=G_ScTs4o"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <08c701cc830b$91ed7900$b5c86b00$@Watkins-home.com> Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Guy Watkins Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --Sig_/AjR9FFEnq39BKf=G_ScTs4o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, 04 Oct 2011 23:04:55 -0400 "Guy Watkins" wrote: > Does Linux support the Intel Smart Response Technology? Why not start with a brief summary of WTF is "Intel Smart Response Technolo= gy". > I am building a new computer and will have two 2TB disks and a 64 or 120 = GB > SSD. I am hoping to use the SSD cache feature. I think I would configur= e a > bios RAID with 1 disk and the SSD as a cache, then use Linux to mirror th= at > with the second 2TB disk using the write mostly feature of MD. But would= it > be better to create a bios RAID1 with both disks and the ssd cache? If you are looking to use SSD as a cache to HDDs, check out bcache http://bcache.evilpiepirate.org/ --=20 With respect, Roman --Sig_/AjR9FFEnq39BKf=G_ScTs4o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=signature.asc -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk6L22sACgkQTLKSvz+PZwgDuACff93byCqoHSRsV7EuQtp91Q35 RqwAmwdjl6yJ7aomD1057aIqh8RGzjCz =dCRq -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Sig_/AjR9FFEnq39BKf=G_ScTs4o--