Re: [Sheflug] Highpoint RocketRAID 133 card

[Matt Fairtlough <matt [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 12:04, Lance Davis wrote:

thanks for the quick reply, Lance.

> 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 .

Well, the controller is claimed to be an HPT372A UDMA ATA133 RAID Controller
Sounds like hardware RAID to me, and if not there is something in the
trade description laws that shouldn't allow them to say that!  Also it
is marketed as a linux card; since there is software RAID in
distributions such as SuSE's (is this in the kernel?  I suppose so) it
would seem odd to market a s/ware RAID controller there.  So I'm
puzzled.

> > Do I have any chance of keeping my disks as they are and moving them
> > onto the new controller?  
> 
> Probably not ;)

thought not.  But the later idea of trying to rebuild from a single
drive sounds good.

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

sounds good...but how to buy one retail or online?  They seem hard to
get hold of, unlike the HPT cards.

-- 
== . Matt Fairtlough  . ==



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