Saturday, November 15, 2008

Intel® Matrix Storage: software raid?

It's still unclear to me if this is software raid or not.
It might depend on the chipset. My chipset is "Intel® ICH9M-E SATA AHCI/RAID controller hub" which seems to hint that it is hardware RAID.

Dear lazyweb, anyone know how to find if this is software or hardware raid?
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4 comments:

  1. Jon DowlandNovember 15, 2008 at 1:24:00 PM GMT+1

    Sounds like fake RAID (see wikipedia). I'd recommend avoiding it and just using linux md RAID.

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  2. Simon FarnsworthNovember 15, 2008 at 2:24:00 PM GMT+1

    yes, that's a software RAID chipset. The
    reason it has the "RAID" class marker on offer is that Windows will try and
    drive the chipset with a generic driver that's not software RAID aware, unless
    the chip is tagged as a RAID controller.

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  3. gleepglopNovember 15, 2008 at 5:22:00 PM GMT+1

    avoid the intel matrix at all costs. utter rubbish

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  4. Joost Yervante DamadNovember 15, 2008 at 5:27:00 PM GMT+1

    Thanks all for your comments. I'll just use the linux native software RAID.

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