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[217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id cd11sm7050995wib.10.2013.06.25.15.24.34 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 25 Jun 2013 15:24:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Intel SRT + SSD + SATA Date: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:24:30 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.8.13-gentoo; KDE/4.10.3; x86_64; ; ) References: <201306252010.27467.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <51CA04A8.5080600@gmail.com> <51CA1604.80108@iinet.net.au> In-Reply-To: <51CA1604.80108@iinet.net.au> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6298960.59yX57BD4U"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201306252324.32327.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: ebc94e48-61d2-4543-b1c3-603dba88562a X-Archives-Hash: 04ad9ced05c72c74c0f652f25a4255fb --nextPart6298960.59yX57BD4U Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tuesday 25 Jun 2013 23:13:24 William Kenworthy wrote: > On 26/06/13 04:59, Alan McKinnon wrote: > > On 25/06/2013 21:10, Mick wrote: > >> Hi All, > >>=20 > >> I am considering my options for a new rig destined to last a few years > >> and one of the Dell machines on offer has this Intel SRT fake-raid > >> feature, which after some cursory googling, I am not entirely sure will > >> work with Linux. >=20 > It will probably work quite well ... easy to set up, use and is reliable > ... until the motherboard fails and you find that ALL your data is now > inaccessible until you buy a compatible motherboard ... which may not > exist! - been there, done that, never again :) From memory there was no > linux driver needed (it was all done in the chipset). Ha! In my enthusiasm I forgot the basics! I am thinking though that SSD=20 caching will only ever work in MSWindows with the dedicated Intel driver, n= ot=20 in Linux (at least not until someone writes a driver for it). I was going to overcome this eventuality by installing Gentoo on the SSD an= d=20 mirroring it on the HD somehow - not sure how at this moment. > Use soft raid, its performance is at least as good (there was a report > saying it was usually better, even against some lower end dedicated raid > cards which were resource constrained), and its portable. >=20 > Thats not to say "dont use the box" - the disk interfaces are usually > very good performers in standard mode so just dont use the raid mode. I don't really need RAID, but want to safeguard my SSD installed OS, ideall= y=20 automatically so. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart6298960.59yX57BD4U Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.20 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJRyhigAAoJELAdA+zwE4YeLSAIAJphWJq6DsWPEvEk3FK5MmJh iCjISqCLnleFwNAbHzMZfV4mJiLEAIcGDcchgPO/HNlRAfNjO3Ob25EOehYpsLTq wmDK1zK2KFb+/3vs/3IVZsC0xST18VJe0GZN49ZsRwsitYQfi+WIpVZXfxyXnIqZ Wt3VJfFXA/U40EoXFFoaal2YYBkD9RMd9bpbvtxZnp+Q8vYarizxIXLFcCm0j+aW 1Y5m77OiH74DHKuPRwGl4wIt2a6dOrj6MqSsbyArovYeZmtBYwx9PJp4ODk0E5Ae yFC8GhjTWbaM/4o0Vl1TjuHNbyLhCfskuCDlC1E94QiJJ2y7z2xGAFf5w5p/KKk= =yrMv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart6298960.59yX57BD4U--