On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 02:57:43PM -0400, Dave Stubbs wrote: > The Promise RAID controllers "claim" to be hardware RAID controllers. However, > it looks an aweful lot like the ataraid drivers in Linux are doing all the array > management in software. Is this a mistaken impression? That's my impression as well, albeit not a particularly well-informed opinion. I think a Promise controller is a complete waste of money. Use a regular controller and the kernel's software RAID. Rob - /dev/rob0