Information req. about FastTrak S150 TX4

gtsquirrel

I'd like to set up a RAID1 with the new Serial ATA technology. I was thinking of two Seagate Barracuda SATA 120GB 7200 RPM drives and the Promise FastTrak S150 TX4 controller to do hardware RAID.

What do people out there think about the FastTrak S150 TX4 under Linux? Also, any information (drivers, kernel configs, etc.) about installing the FastTrak S150 TX4 would be greatly appreciated -- the Promise website only covers RedHat, SuSE, and Turbo.

Thanks!

Chris
squirrel@headnut.org

blacksheep2 · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 12:13 pm Post subject:

yeah..! What's about the Promise FastTrak S150 TX4? I also want to buy this controller with four HDs to setup a RAID 1+0.. Any troubles with Gentoo?

mistafunk · Posted: Fri Aug 13, 2004 1:27 pm Post subject:

have a look at this page from jeff garzik, a kernel dev:

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/jgarzik/faq-sata-raid.html

the promise cards are not true hardware raid

- simon