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From: Scott Long <scott_long@adaptec.com>
Subject: Re: Adaptec 39160 RAID ?!
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 13:33:26 -0700
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To: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
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Jeff Garzik wrote:
> Rechenberg, Andrew wrote:
> 
>>The Adaptec 39160 is just a plain SCSI card - the card does not have
> 
> any
> 
>>RAID capabilities.
>>
>>You can use Linux software RAID to create a RAID array with disks
>>attached to the 39160 (we have 4 our these cards in one of our
> 
> servers),
> 
>>but the card does not have any RAID capabilities native.
> 
> 
> 
> Yes, but doesn't the card ship with "fake RAID"?  i.e. no RAID hardware,
> 
> but BIOS has a RAID array setup utility and thus fools the user into 
> thinking he has h/w RAID :)
> 
> 	Jeff
> 
> 

The Adaptec Ultra160 products do not ship with software/BIOS raid.

Scott