Techies - beware of low-end ATA RAID controllers.

[Deja Q]

They are typically a standard ATA controller with a different BIOS.

Linux, FWIW, will even see an Adaptec 1200 RAID controller as a non-RAID controller and act as if you've two separate hard drives. That's not Linux's fault; it's the Windows driver that truly does the RAID operability - and software RAID sux.

[markbark]

1. Um....

It's been my experience that ATA and RAID were mutually exclusive terms.

SCSI and Fibre Channel are the way to go.


--MAB

[Deja Q]

2. There are such things as ATA RAID controllers... but, true,

if one wants RAID then SCSI is the only way to go. SCSI is meant for performance. I think somebody made ATA RAID so techies could learn something to not be able to apply on a larger scale because IT is being offshored like there's no tomorrow.