From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262111AbTL1WOq (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:14:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262114AbTL1WOq (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:14:46 -0500 Received: from mail-infomine.ucr.edu ([138.23.89.48]:47826 "EHLO mail-infomine.ucr.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262111AbTL1WOp (ORCPT ); Sun, 28 Dec 2003 17:14:45 -0500 Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 14:14:43 -0800 To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: Joel Jaeggli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Best Low-cost IDE RAID Solution For 2.6.x? (OT?) Message-ID: <20031228221443.GC21459@mail-infomine.ucr.edu> References: <20031228180424.GA16622@mail-infomine.ucr.edu> <20031228213535.GA21459@mail-infomine.ucr.edu> <1072647938.10298.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1072647938.10298.3.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Fnord: +++ath X-WebTV-Stationery: Standard; BGColor=black; TextColor=black X-Message-Flag: Message text blocked: ADULT LANGUAGE/SITUATIONS X-BeenThere: crackmonkey@crackmonkey.org From: ruschein@mail-infomine.ucr.edu (Johannes Ruscheinski) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Also sprach Arjan van de Ven: > On Sun, 2003-12-28 at 22:35, Johannes Ruscheinski wrote: > > > Fisrt of all: thanks for the advice Joel! Two questions: why not use the > > hardware raid capability of the Promise tx4000 and if we'd use software > > raid instead, what would be the CPU overhead? > > be careful, almost all ata raid controllers out there are *software > raid* hidden in a binary only driver. Also generally the on-disk format Binary-only drivers are quite unacceptable to me! > of these is quite unfortionate resulting in slower access than linux > software raid can do... Thanks for the advice! -- Johannes -- Dr. Johannes Ruscheinski EMail: ruschein_AT_infomine.ucr.edu *** Linux *** Location: science library, room G40 *** The Choice Of A GNU Generation! *** Phone: (909) 787-2279 Outlook, n.: A virus delivery system with added email functionality.