Re: SATA Raid Controller

[Felix Resch <felix.resch%stud.fh-regensburg.de@localhost>]

> I'm now using Areca ARC-1261 and it's a lot faster, even in RAID6
> mode.
> Works Just Fine under 4.0 (and even better in -current).

Are all acreca boards using intel chips supported with the iop(4)
driver-interface?

I would then tend to a ARC-1110 or 1212 as they are more moderately
priced :)

> For read or write ? writes without the battery-backed cache are slow,
> but that expected.

Does this mean, that the driver/firmware goes to "safety mode" when
there is no battery module attached?

Thanks for your reply
felix