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December 7th, 2007 13:00
Ubuntu Linux RAID Controller
Folks - this is a related follow on to another post. Since XP died and hosed my on-board, 1 TB RAID 0, I've installed Ubuntu Linux so I can get some work done. I'm wondering if I can get the RAID controller to be recognized by Linux. This is WAY complicated because nobody at Dell can tell me what type of controller I have (although there is some evidence it's some sort of NVIDIA).
Any ideas on Dell on-board RAID controllers being usable in ubuntu Linux?
Thanx
Jim
Any ideas on Dell on-board RAID controllers being usable in ubuntu Linux?
Thanx
Jim
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RobRunsLinux
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December 13th, 2007 06:00
These IDE chipset RAIDs, rely on drivers, so if you are misguided enough to be determined to use a proprietary driver, for your data, which is not going to be used by anyone sensible, then try to find Linux suport for this RAID at the Nvidia site. This "solution" if it exists, would aslo make future kernel updates for security patches troublesome. Don't do it!
Usually the Linux RAID1, RAID0 & RAID10 is faster than these driver fake hardware RAID's anyway, because cheap controllers don't offload enough of the work from the CPU. The Linux RAID may also know more about the Block I/O layer, allowing better optimisations, than at device level.