"The problem is that there is no such thing as "hardware RAID" there is only "software RAID." The "HW RAID" controllers are processors running software and the features of the product are therefore limited by the software developer and processor capabilities. I goes without saying that the processors are very limited, compared to the main system CPU found on modern machines. It also goes without saying that the software (or firmware, if you prefer) is closed. Good luck cracking that nut." -- Richard
Yes, thx! And beyond that, there are HW RAID adapters and HW RAID chips embedded into disk enclosures, they are all HW RAID ASICs with closed software, not very Open Storage. ;-) best, z _______________________________________________ zfs-discuss mailing list zfs-discuss@opensolaris.org http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/zfs-discuss
