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Re: [Sheflug] RAID Cards

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From: Alex Hudson <home [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 08:27:42 +0100
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On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 09:14, Darrell Blake wrote:
> What is the support like for RAID cards under Linux?

For raid cards it's pretty good. The card you're pointing at isn't a
raid card, however, it's just dual channel.

> I'm 
> thinking about getting an SATA RAID card and an SATA 200gb drive (only 
> 7200rpm though, can't afford 10000rpm). This is the card I'm looking at 
> on ebuyer...

It seems likely to be supported, but I wouldn't buy it unless you're
comfortable with recompiling your kernel. Ditto any other SATA; you're
dicing with support at best.

What's wrong with PATA?

Cheers,

Alex.

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