[CentOS] 4.4/64-bit Supermicro/ Nvidia RAID [thanks]
chrism at imntv.com
chrism at imntv.com
Tue Dec 5 19:43:03 UTC 2006
Karl R. Balsmeier wrote:
>>
>> Well. It is not RAID. Just an ordinary SATA controller. See above.
>>
>>
>>
> disappointing, but it's true. Supermicro verified what all of you
> said. And since I'm not very interested in software RAID, i'll be
> dropping a hardware RAID card in and let my vendor know not to try and
> sell any more of these to those intending to use a Linux OS.
>
> I'll try out your software RAID steps to give me something to play
> with till the hardware card shows up, since they are very clear and
> concise. Maybe it'll soften the empty 'no hardware raid5' feeling one
> has at present.
You might still have a decent motherboard even though the integrated
"RAID" is bogus. I've got a few Supermicro boards like that too. When
I need Hardware RAID, I just drop a 3Ware card in and call it a day. If
you've got the spare cpu cycles, Linux's software RAID is pretty mature
and quite fast. I was using it *in production* environments back in the
late 90's.
Cheers,
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