Hi, On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 21:20, Phil Schaffner <P.R.Schaffner at ieee.org> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 21:48 +0200, Marcus Moeller wrote: >> You wrote: >> 'Some controllers claim to be RAID but require Windows drivers to >> function, similar to winmodems.' >> >> This is not true. Some controllers make use of OS functionality. This >> is not dependent to Windows. > > OK - agree that some such controllers may have Linux drivers. ?Will note > that. > [...] >> You wrote: >> 'Disable any hardware-based RAID in the motherboard or RAID controller BIOS ' >> >> Why that? I have some systems where I combine hardware- and softraids. >> This may be the case on fakeraid controllers. > > OK - I know you understood what you thought I said, but what you heard > was not what I meant. :-) ?Will change "hardware-based RAID" "to fake > RAID controllers without CentOS drivers". Forgive me if I'm not reading you right, but are you advocating using fake-raid cards if there are Linux drivers for them? >From what I've seen in practice, and also from the general advice I've seen in CentOS lists, I believe Linux RAID (based on mdadm) is superior to any fake-raid, and should be the one we advise in the Wiki. If I were to decide, I believe the Wiki article should advise against using any kind of fake-raid and use mdadm instead. Filipe
