RE: [SLUG] RAID

[Howard Lowndes <lannet@nospam.lannet.com.au>]

There is the ability to config the kernel to handle the Mylex RAID
adapter, at least.

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Howard.
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On Sat, 1 Jul 2000, George Vieira wrote:

> Unfortunately RAID is only supported in software and not using the Adaptec's
> Hardware RAID. Your probably better off just getting a 2940UW or something
> and do it that way rather than spending $900 on a AAA-131U or something.
> 
> But this has been quite some time since I've been working in Anabelle Bits
> (original Adaptec Distributor) so there may have been some enhancements on
> this.
> 
> I remember too that Adaptec was going to support the Linux Industry by
> supplying their code or something but I might be wrong on that.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graeme Robinson [mailto:graemer@nospam.graenet.com]
> Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2000 9:17 AM
> To: SLUG
> Subject: [SLUG] RAID
> 
> 
> Does anyone have experience of using RAID controllers with RH6.1.
> I'm planning on a machine setup with an Adaptec pci RAID controller 
> performing RAID 0 to provide disk redundancy - any pitfalls to plan for? It 
> looks to me like it should be quite straightfoward - that the RAID will 
> happen without the OS needing to be aware of it at all.
> 
> Thanks in advance for your comments.
> 
> - Graeme Robinson.
> 
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