HCL:RAID
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| Full systems | Laptops - Desktops - Servers - Virtual Machines |
| Components | Bluetooth adapters - Digital cameras - Firewire cards - Floppy drives - Gadgets - IDE + SATA cards - Keyboards - Motherboards - Monitors - Modems - Network adapters (Wired) - Network adapters (Wireless) - Optical media (CD, DVD, Blueray) - Phones, handsets, mobile/cell - Printers - RAID Controllers - Scanners - SCSI adapters - Sound cards - TV cards - UPS (Uninterruptible Power Supply) - Video cards - Web cameras |
Integrated
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| 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | |||||||
| Intel® | Intel P965 ICH8 |
JMicron® JMB363 | PATA SATA RAID |
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- Installation area can`t mount DVD or CD devices. - [http://en.opensuse.org/SDB:CD_not_found_problem Decision of this problem.] | ||||
| Intel® | Intel P35 ICH9 |
Intel ICH9R | SATA RAID |
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- Autodetected existing RAID 1 array and allowed setting a user-specified mount point during operating system installation for openSUSE 11.1 |
PCI/Cardbus
| Vendor | Chipset | Model | Type | Driver | Works Out of The Box | SUSE Releases | Comments |
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| Adaptec | Adaptec | 2020SA | SATA Zero Channel | aacraid |
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10.0, 10.3 | - Only compatible with a few motherboards - When using "aacraid" driver that comes with kernel this controller cannot be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager) so all operations have to be done at controller bios. |
| Adaptec | Adaptec | 2410SA | SATA | aacraid |
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10.2, 11.1 (x86_64) | - This controller be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager). Older firmware cause installer to hang at HDD detection, needs to be upgraded. |
| Dell | Adaptec | CERC (Un-officially called Adaptec 2610SA) | SATA | aacraid |
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10.2 (x86_64), 11.0 (x86_64) | - Dell provides a Linux management program, also can be managed using ASM (Adaptec Storage Manager). Older firmware cause installer to hang at HDD detection, needs to be upgraded. |
| LSI | LSI | MegaRAID SCSI 320-2 (518) | SCSI | megaraid |
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| Promise | Promise R20378 | 378 | SATA PATA |
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10.0 | PATA connector works after custom kernel build (non SUSE Source). Patch |
| Silicon Image [[1]] | 0680 | SiI 0680 | PATA | unknown |
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10.2 | PATA Harddrive automatically detected and configured during install and thereafter for 10.2 |
| Promise | PDC20318 | S150TX4 | SATA | sata_promise |
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10.0, 10.1 | fakeraid, warning shows on installer - can use only as SATA-controller |
| Promise | PDC20318 | S150TX2 | SATA | sata_promise |
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10.0, 10.1 | fakeraid, warning shows on installer - can use only as SATA-controller
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PCIe
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| 10.3 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 12.2 | |||||||
| Areca | Intel IOP332 I/O processor | ARC-1210 | SATA II | arcmsr |
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arcmsr was integrated in kernel 2.6.19 kernel, and has been available since 10.3. |
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RocketRaid 2680 | SATA/SAS |
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| HP | SmartArray | P212/256 | SATA/SAS | hpsa |
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In kernel since 2.6.36. |
| Intel | LSI LSISAS1068E | RAID Controller SASUC8I | SATA/SAS | mptsas |
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| Promise | Intel IOP338 I/O processor | STEX-8650 | SATA/SAS | Stex.ko |
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In the kernel as of 2.6.19. Available for EX4650,EX8650,EX8654, EX8658 |
Internal Links
Checkout an alternative to hardware raid, software raid:
How to install SUSE Linux on software RAID
External Links
Serial ATA (SATA) chipsets — Linux support status (year 2007 - old info, but very valuable)
Linux RAID WIKI Very useful resource for configuring and managing RAID