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What, like this:Originally Posted by David
I'll say one more thing - these things are pretty damn cool.The vast majority of RAID configurations require driver support from the Operating System. When installing to a RAID array, this can introduce lots of fun and games, often requiring the creation of a driver disk from which the Operating System installer can load the drivers. However, Netcell's SPU takes a different approach. Putting it simply, the system sees the RAID controller as an everyday, run of the mill IDE controller. That means any OS with support for generic IDE controllers should, in theory, support the XFX Revo 64 without issue. This is achieved through the 100% hardware RAID implementation of the Revolution SPU. The array is completely managed by the SPU, meaning it can be presented to the rest of the system as a standard IDE device, with no special treatment required.
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Its not a new thing though - I'm sure I've seen IDE cards which will support a simple Mirror , yet present a single IDE to the system.
like this
http://www.gtweb.net/duplidisk.html
EDIT: they dont support anything other than a mirror though - a RAID 5 version woudl be neat.
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Its not a new thing though - I'm sure I've seen IDE cards which will support a simple Mirror , yet present a single IDE to the system.
like this
http://www.gtweb.net/duplidisk.html
EDIT: they dont support anything other than a mirror though - a RAID 5 version woudl be neat.
its coming
worth pointing out that it's not *quite* true that any os works, anything non-windows (linux, bsd) needs some kernel patching to work properly. some of it's stuff that's logn overdue anyway, but some of it is netcell-specific
Yes it is Windows driver free - but Linux is problematic
Anyway - thought I would post this to offer people to try it for free - but clearly I was wrong.
oh, i've no doubt that it's sexy kit. if it does what it promises, it's a fraction of the price of a 3ware or lsi card for pretty much the same functionality
Surely that means we can expect support to be included in a newer kernel release in the near future. At least there's no proprietary driver... right?
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If you consider the Netcell controller is pretty old already, you would rather want an LSI Megaraid 300-8x or Raidcore BC4852.
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absolutely, but it's all a question of when
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