From: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>
To: Eric Jones <ejones5@attglobal.net>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Clemente Aguiar <caguiar@madeiratecnopolo.pt>
Subject: Re: Adaptec AIC-79xx HostRaid
Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 23:06:04 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1117487164.7747.21.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <429B7D00.1080004@attglobal.net>
> But, for extra $$$, you can also buy the IBM feature "ServeRAID-7k"
> which is a small DIMM-sized plugin module that adds XOR parity generation and a small cache.
>
> http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=8735579&storeId=1&langId=-1&catalogId=-840
>
>
> Adaptec calls this a "zero-slot" RAID solution, and it requires a special binary driver
> to recognize and handle the array functions.
I would be very suspicious about the claim that the xor stuff is done in
hardware and not in the binary part. I'm actually surprised that a linux
friendly company like IBM actually gets involved with binary drivers
like this though.... a bit disappointing.
but yeah this sounds like a really bad purchase.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-05-30 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-05-30 20:52 Eric Jones
2005-05-30 21:06 ` Arjan van de Ven [this message]
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2005-05-30 23:54 ` Robert Hancock
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2005-05-30 17:48 Clemente Aguiar
2005-05-30 18:03 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-05-30 17:13 Clemente Aguiar
2005-05-30 17:21 ` Jeff Garzik
2005-05-30 18:01 ` Jeff Sipek
2005-05-30 18:05 ` Jeff Garzik
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