SC1425 PE replacement that has hardware SATA RAID?

[SA]

But the SC1425 says it has a "CERC 2S" cotroller and it is not a real hardware 
RAID controller. So not all CERC controllers are full hardware controllers.

	JW

On Tuesday 02 June 2009 16:21:00 you wrote:
> Yes, the PERC and CERC family of RAID controllers are "real" hardware RAID.
> The PERC are usually better than the CERC. The PERC controllers I've worked
> with were basically LSI Logic RAID controllers and generally work very well
> with Linux. The PERC controllers are native SAS RAID controllers but can
> support SATA drives. I think the CERC controllers are SATA RAID controllers
> (the one I had was an Adaptec).
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: linux-poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com [mailto:linux-
> > poweredge-bounces at lists.us.dell.com] On Behalf Of SA
> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 1:41 PM
> > To: linux-poweredge at dell.com
> > Subject: SC1425 PE replacement that has hardware SATA RAID?
> >
> > I just had the uncomfortable revelation that the "RAID" controller on
> > PE
> > SC1425 isn't a real hardware RAID controller:
> >
> > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2004-
> > December/018260.html
> >
> > http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2005-
> > December/023742.html
> >
> > Are there any Dell PE's that use a real hardware RAID contoller that
> > take SATA
> > drives?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > 	JW
> >
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