Re: [CentOS] HP Smart Array B110i SATA RAID Controller Driver

On 07/06/11 11:10 AM, Kaushal Shriyan wrote:

Please help me understand why do Hardware Vendors provide onboard storage raid controller chipset on the motherboard (fakeraid if its a software raid.). Is it a marketing term for selling servers.

They do it because it is nearly free, and yes, its a marketing thing. Also, MS Windows Server's 'native' raid, aka Dynamic Disks, is rather funky and few people like to mess with it, so having 'fake' raid in the chipset and its drivers makes life simpler for Windows administrators.

Higher end servers will have true raid cards with their own processor, and substantial battery backed write-back cache. these cards tend to cost more than the whole MicroServer