Re: [TCLUG:22757] Raid and other storage stories

[Charles Clifton Fulton <cf352197@oak.cats.ohiou.edu>]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000 Nick.T.Reinking@supervalu.com wrote:

> RAID 10 == RAID 0+1.
> 
> The difference is that the Escalade does it in hardware,
> whereas the FastTrack and HighPoint do it in software.

My understanding was that the big disadvantage to IDE was that the
controllers were 'dumb' ie the CPU had to do most of the IO work.  Whereas
SCSI takes the load off (as well as being faster, with more devices, and
just plain cooler ;)

Now with something like the Escalade that does hardware IDE RAID... who's
doing the IO work?  Is it still the CPU or does the card take over most of
the responsibility?

Charlie