Opinions on Adaptec SATA HostRAID?

[Steve Snyder]

On Wednesday 19 March 2008 2:53:53 pm Chris Snook wrote:
> Steve Snyder wrote:
> > I'm thinking of using the embedded Adaptec SATA HostRAID
> > functionality on my Supermicro X7DWA-N motherboard.
> >
> > Does anyone have any experience using Adaptec's HostRAID with Fedora
> > 7/8/9?  Any success or horror stories to relate?
> >
> > Any information would be appreciated.
>
> HostRAID is just software RAID implemented in a device driver.  It was
> originally intended for use with operating systems that lack a generic
> software RAID implementation.  Since Linux has a robust and
> well-optimized generic software RAID implementation (two of them,
> actually), it's rather silly to use HostRAID under Linux.

Thanks for the info, Chris.

I'm a total RAID newbie and thought that the HostRAID BIOS support and 
Linux device driver worked together, rather than being redundant.