Re: [Sheflug] Highpoint RocketRAID 133 card

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From: "Lance Davis" <lance [at] uklinux.net>
To: "Sheffield LUG" <shef-lug [at] list.sheflug.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, July 12, 2003 1:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Sheflug] Highpoint RocketRAID 133 card


On 12 Jul 2003, Matt Fairtlough wrote:

> Highpoint RocketRAID 133 card
> I understand this is a 2-channel hardware RAID card, probably the
> cheapest on the market.  I only need 2 channels though.

Because it is only an ide controller with software raid support .

> Anyone know if it will work with SuSE Linux? [some people claim it will]

Dunno.

> Do I have any chance of keeping my disks as they are and moving them
> onto the new controller?

Probably not ;)

> Or will I have to backup the data and recreate the array, reformat etc?

Yes.

>
> As far as I know, 3com and adaptec RAID cards are the other choice, but
> these seem to be very expensive. No way will I buy promise again though.

3ware escalade 2 channel ide - under £100 (+vat)  and works brilliantly -
drivers are in the kernel ...

Regards
Lance

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If you take a look at the Highpoint drivers page, there are drivers there
for this card for SuSE, Redhat, FreeBSD and Turbolinux. The open source is
also available.

If you move disks from a Promise to a Highpoint controller, they will not be
available if used as part of an array. Transferring a single disk does work
though.

Im speaking from my experience with a RocketRAID 404 card, but the RockRAID
line of cards are all very similar.

HTH.

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