[ubuntu-uk] Pci-e Raid

[Rob Beard]

Adam Bagnall wrote:
> Hi all,
>     I've ordered one of the pci-e raid cards in the link below but I 
> can't actually find any info on it. Does anyone know how likely it is to 
> work under Ubuntu? Are there just a few pci-e sata raid chipsets that 
> are well supported or have I probably wasted my money?
> 
> http://www.aria.co.uk/Products/Components/Controller+Cards/SATA/PCI+Express+-+SATA+II+-+2+port+with+RAID+?productId=30383
> 
> Adam
> 

Well I'd say you'd probably get your money back if it's not supported, 
but I doubt it would work as a proper raid card.  At that price it'll no 
doubt be a 'soft-raid' card where the raid works with a driver and the 
actual raid part of it is done by the CPU (rather than with something 
like a 3Ware card which has it's own memory and dedicated CPU for raid).

If it works though you should be able to use Linux SoftRAID.

Rob