Johnny Hughes spake the following on 2/15/2007 1:09 AM: > On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 19:23 +0000, ricardo oliveira wrote: >> Hi: >> >> I've tried to install centos 4.3 in a raid array, setuped on bios as >> mode "Adaptec". The chip is ICH7R but centos always sees 2 drives >> instead of the array that I create. >> I've contacted Supermicro support and they gave me this link >> ftp://ftp.supermicro.com/driver/SATA/Adaptec_ICH7R/Linux/Redhat/ , but >> the disk drivers I tried to use with centos 4.3 did not work, saying >> that the disk did not containt appropriate drivers for the hardware. >> >> Have anyone here had similar problems? does centos 4.4 solves this issue? >> >> I really need to install centos as an array... and as hardware RAID >> and not software RAID. >> > > You have probably already seen all the other posts ... however I want to > make sure everybody understands... > > The RAID that is built onto the motherboards on almost all these > chipsets _IS_NOT_HARDWARE_RAID_ ... any more than a win Modem is a real > modem. > > The RAID really is just software raid _WITH_A_PROPRIETARY_DRIVER_ . > > The proprietary nature of that driver makes it much less stable than > linux software raid. > > So, as others have mentioned, buy a REAL hardware RAID card ... like > vmware ... or use software RAID. I'm sure you meant 3ware here. One of those days! ;-) > > Also, as others have mentioned, please search for "fake raid" or "fraid" > on google for more information. > > Thanks, > Johnny Hughes -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!