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Subject: Re: Can Adaptec AIC-7902 do RAID-5?
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On (2003/07/23 09:06), Scott Long wrote:

> A 7902 by itself is _just_ a scsi chip.  Any RAID functionality comes
> either from software drivers or extra hardware[1].  Adaptec has two
> product lines involving the 7902 chip and RAID.  The 'HostRAID' line
> is just a standard 7902 combined with software RAID drivers for levels
> 0, 1, and 10, and a BIOS that supports booting off of these levels.
> The 2200S and 2120S cards are hardware RAID and can do 0, 1, 5, 10, and
> 50.

Great Scott! ;-)

Thanks,
Sheldon.