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It's just that... Marketing... You can call
something a RAID card if the driver it comes with does software raid... I
guess...
I have a promise SX4000 hardware Raid5 card, and
it's nice, but only has closed source drivers.. the 3ware cards rock, and come
with OS drivers, but are expensive as all hell. If you want true hardware raid,
you have to spend some cash, but I've found that linux's native software raid is
very acceptable for small applications (<= 4 drives).
E
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 1:28
PM
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Adding a second HD to
a Linux system
hmm.
didn't see the software part. Then what's the advantage to a regular 2-channel
HD controller card??
Why
market it for RAID if it doesn't do anything HW that is special, aside from
confusion.
George
Careful - this card supports "software" raid...
so it's just a regular ATA card I think... Gotta be careful of these cheap
RAID cards...
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004
1:09 PM
Subject: RE: [PLUG] Adding a second
HD to a Linux system
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=39968&item=5125231417
Here's a link to a PCI Raid controller card they have
also
for 133/100 ATA's.
You could put this in your PC, hook two drives into it
for
hardware RAID. not hot swappable, but a cheap
HW Raid card.
George
>-----Original Message-----
>From: plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org
>[mailto:plug-admin@lists.phillylinux.org]
>Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 12:58 PM
>To: plug@lists.phillylinux.org
>Subject: Re: [PLUG] Adding a second HD to a Linux system
>
>
>George Gallen wrote:
>
>> I bought a great piece (hmm, maybe I should
rephase that), on Ebay
>> ($20). It is just
a 4 prong power cord
>> to a transformer,
and a USB cable that plugs right to the
>Hard
drive,
>> no enclosure. It's great
for
>> <>testing drives. Just hook up
the power and the cable, plug it into
>> the
USB port and go...
>
>
>Could you provide a link to that
product?
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