SATA RAID 5 controller for FreeBSD

[Gerd Klaus Hafenbrack]

Artem Koutchine wrote:
> I could not find out if RocketRaid is a true hardware RAID 5 or
> partly software. Also, no infromation on the size of a cache on 1640.
It is NOT true hardware RAID 5!

> Af for Escalde 6506 i again did not find any info on Cache size. However,
> the specs clearly state that it is a hardware raid5. But if does not have
> any significats amount of cache and IF rocketraid is too hardware
> raid 5 then why the heck escalade is so much more espansive?
Because 3ware Escalade is true hardware RAID 5.
It does not have cache as the hard disks and the OS have. There is no need.

Gerd Hafenbrack
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