On 05/13/2015 07:20 PM, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 5:59 PM, ToddAndMargo <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Intel's C224 chipset supports Intel's Rapid Storage
>> Technology Enterprise (RSTe).  He "e" is for "Enterprise".
>> It can be used for RAID 0, 1, 10.
>>
>> Anyone have any experience with this?  Good, bad,
>> indifferent?
>
> This is what the Linux folks call "fake RAID". It is not a hardware
> RAID controller; it is just an on-disk RAID format that the BIOS can
> understand. (So, for example, a RAID 1 boot disk pair can lose either
> drive and the BIOS can still boot from it.)
>
> You manage these gadgets with mdadm, just like any software RAID. See
> http://www.intel.com/support/chipsets/rste/sb/CS-033622.htm for
> details.
>
> It works fine if what you want is a redundant boot drive done simply.
>
>   - Pat
>

Hi Pat,

Thank you!

Would it be faster, slower, or about the same as a dedicated
LSI (or similar) controller when used in a high end workstation?

-T


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