Re: Adaptec AIC-79xx HostRaid

[Arjan van de Ven]

>  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.

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