[WBEL-users] Re: RAID using Highpoint hpt37x

[William Hooper]

Thrift Internet Service said:
> That is correct, you are frozen on one kernel once you install the
> Highpoint
> driver. It is the same situation with Promise RAID chips. I wish there was
> an alternative, but I no longer have confidence in Linux software RAID.

Really the Highpoint and Promise RAID chips are just another version of
software RAID (closed source at that).

If you are looking for a hardware IDE raid, 3ware wouldn't be a bad
choice.  Their drivers have been in the kernel for a while now.

-- 
William Hooper