Francesco Peeters wrote:
Hello All,
When I ordered an IDE RAID card from my supplier, it was on backorder for several weeks, so he ended up ordering a different one: Adaptec ATA-RAID1200A
I know it has the HPT chipset on there, so basically it should work as a IDE controller with the added fucntionality of the RAID BIOS and the ATA-RAID compataibility...
However before I open the package (or actually the Anti-static bag, as the box itself is already open!) I should like to know whether anyone has any experience using this card on Red-Hat 7.1 or above.
I am not looking for OS, just for the DATA disk to be RAID-1.
I am not sure yet whether I'll go for ata-raid or md, but either way I should like to know if the card'll work...
Any comments would be welcome!
They are basicly reselling the highpoint card for their low end ataraid card. I know this based on conversation my adaptec rep, and visual examination of the card. (After which I handed the card back to him.) In theroy it should work just like a highpoint card, but note that Adaptec doesn't claim the card works with linux.
PS- Note that this is a completely different card than the 2400A which uses the same driver as adaptec's low end scsi cards.
-- There is no such thing as obsolete hardware. Merely hardware that other people don't want. (The Second Rule of Hardware Acquisition) Sam Flory <sflory@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
