[PLUG] RAID controller for a linux box

[Galen Seitz]

Vincent Yau <v_yau3 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Hi:
> 
> I am looking for a recommendation on a RAID controller card
> that works well under Linux?
> 
> I found this company:
> 
>    http://www.highpoint-tech.com/
> 
> And they do seem to have pretty extensive Linux support.
> Does anyone has opinions on their products?  What make/model
> is good for building a Linux RAID  box?
> 

I recommend reading Jeff Garzik's comments about RAID controllers.  I think
most Highpoint cards would fall into the category of 'fakeraid'.

  http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#fakeraid

Even though this appears on a SATA page, I think his comments apply to
parallel cards as well.

galen