Tom Diehl wrote: ... > They do but nothing I can find in there tells me if it is real hardware > raid or fake raid. Adaptec for example, also says that their fake raid > cards > are comaptable with Linux but they do not clearly specify if it is fake > raid > or true hardware Raid. AFAIK the Adaptec cards are all fake Raid. and > some of > ServeRaid cards were also based on the Adaptec chipset and hence Fake Raid. My IBM x3500 machines have this card: # lspci ... 03:00.0 RAID bus controller: Adaptec AAC-RAID (Rocket) (rev 02) ... I'm not quite sure if this also has an IBM serveraid name. I don't think it is fakeraid; setting up raid devices can take place at bios level, the buildup of the RAID5 or RAID6 volumes can run without any drivers loaded. If this is fakeraid I would like a clear definition of the term fakeraid. Mogens -- Mogens Kjaer, Carlsberg A/S, Computer Department Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark Phone: +45 33 27 53 25, Fax: +45 33 27 47 08 Email: mk at crc.dk Homepage: http://www.crc.dk