Hardware RAID Level & Performance

[Henrique de Moraes Holschuh]

On Thu, 17 Feb 2005, Norman Zhang wrote:
> Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote:
> >*All* Intel hardware RAID adapters look the same to the OS, AFAIK. So yes,
> >it is supported by Linux 2.4 and 2.6, and very well supported at that.
> 
> http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df/filter_results.asp?strOSs=39&strTypes=MOD%2CSPH%2CSCD&ProductID=974&OSFullName=Linux*&submit=Go%21

You do not want to talk to the IOP321. You want to talk to the Intel GDTH (I
think, I might have gotten the name slightly wrong) interface the RAID
firmware exports. It is included in the kernel upstream.

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  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh
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