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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes, that is my understanding but I was under the impression that the promise_sata module would pull the RAID config from the BIOS. I am not choosey, if I needed "real" HW RAID, I would of course go with 3ware (love the SATA stuff). Any chance you have a link or two showing me some performance/benchmarks pitting the pseudo-hardware/software controller like Promise (or Intels ICH5R) against the md stuff?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: Ken Snider [<A HREF="mailto:ksnider@flarn.com">mailto:ksnider@flarn.com</A>] </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: February 12, 2004 2:04 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: fedora-test-list@redhat.com</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: [SPAM-heur] Re: Promise 20378 SATA controller and FC2 Test1 first impressions...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Adam Pearse wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> Well, the good news is that FC2 Test1 does recognize the controller. </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> The down side is it does not support the BIOS created RAID sets </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> defined within Promise's BIOS. I ended up disabling the controller to </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> operate in RAID and have it treat it as IDE (which basically it was </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> anyways). I then setup my two drives using software RAID. Question for </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> anyone who can answer (have has an opinion), will FC2 eventually </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> support the BIOS created RAID images or are we stuck using software </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> RAID and dumb down the controller to basically act as an IDE </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> interface. BTW guys, thanks for your work on getting this out and into our hands.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Doesn't this controller rely on the driver for RAID work anyway? I seem to remember benchmarks showing md outperforming this chipset in "HW" RAID mode.</FONT></P>
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<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Ken Snider</FONT>
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