From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933473AbXBXKKQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:10:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933474AbXBXKKQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:10:16 -0500 Received: from nz-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.162.231]:47131 "EHLO nz-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933473AbXBXKKO (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 05:10:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition; b=orAddRGdBas86+muEiAe5fYb9+G17DVVgWnA4cenq/5nUJ8OceAQVkz7ZqIQA6uO5oqTxIRDIeAt0PQjBfXT3wfl2aIwCO9UJapwnBA6Jg83Mg9ZQ2N8gPqL54poibYpIwKucLxG2PxEsftG/HJDkMG05Wp8ebsb/OxNHTt2zCk= Message-ID: <8d158e1f0702240210x71f981a6xf2fe8917dac5e91a@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 24 Feb 2007 11:10:12 +0100 From: "Patrick Ale" To: linux-kernel Subject: [QUESTION] Sata RAID MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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"