On 10/24/11 3:42 AM, Richard Gliebe wrote: >> you're better off reconfiguring that for JBOD in the BIOS, and letting >> Linux see the physical disks (which it does, anywayas), and implementing >> mdraid mirroring in Linux natively. > I'm not really a friend about software mirroring ... well, your controller doesn't support anything else if its what I think it is. the Intel Matrix RAID is done in the device drivers behind the OS back, as software mirroring. The Linux kernel's mdraid drivers can do a much better job of this. -- john r pierce N 37, W 122 santa cruz ca mid-left coast