Re: [QUESTION] Sata RAID

Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2007-02-24T15:18:03Z

use device mapper and dmraid

http://people.redhat.com/~heinzm/sw/dmraid/

and please read

http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html

On Saturday 24 February 2007, Patrick Ale wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Quick question,
>
> Since I am going to open my server today to do some pata tests (for
> the weird detection problems people are giving me fantastic help with,
> no sarcasm, I really mean it) I thought: why not add two 320GB SATA
> disks on the SATA controller that the mainboard has.
>
> I am wondering: should I use the onboard RAID function? Is this
> supported by Linux? I remember back in "the old days (TM)" there were
> seperate (spelling) drivers for ataraid, how does the current 2.6
> branch cope with the RAID functions of modern motherboards?
>
> I am aware that it is NOT hardware raid, the raid is done in the
> driver, which is why you need this fancy boot disk before installing
> Windows on your RAID set.
>
> Or would you suggest me to stick with MD devices?
>
>
> Cheers,
>
> Patrick Ale
> patrick.ale@gmail.com
>
> "kun kasvan isoksi, halun olla poro"