Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr> wrote:

> > Not much Compatibility listed for the newer higher end drives.  I am
> > wondering and i hope someon can tell me if the following RAID cards will
> > work in NetBSD:
> > 1.)Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A?
> > 2.)Promise ATA RAID cards?
> > 
> > I have ATA100 Drives and would like to use them.  Either that or if you
> > can suggest a SCSI Raid and Large Drive combo i would appreciate it.
> > The drives need to be around 60gig.
> 
> What model of Promise ?
> The ones based on their original Ultra/100 chip (not the Ultra/100TX2) will
> work, although you can't use the BIOS RAID feature (but Raidframe does a
> good job for this).
> 
> I don't know for the adaptec but the promise uses software RAID, so it's
> not better than regular IDE adapters+ raidframe.

The Adaptec 2400A is a "real" hardware RAID card. It uses the I2O interface,
so it'll work with NetBSD-current. Based upon previous experience with DPT
and Adaptec kit (including this particular board), I'd recommend it.

Andrew