nvidia raid

Rob Nicholson wrote in news:uqadnb6Uwovnb6zanZ2dnUVZ8vudnZ2d@bt.com
> > Because it is not hardware RAID, but pretends to be.
>
> Ohh, I always assumed it was hardware RAID as it's part of the chipset. Not
> that I've ever trusted it. nVIDIA do some nice graphics cards but their
> drivers have, well, gone through a lot of versions which hints at
> instability/bugs I assume the same level for stability goes into their
> RAID software drivers and whilst I can put up with an app crashing with bad
> video drivers, I'm not going to trust my data.

Like your data cares by what crash it gets corrupted.

>
> Cheers, Rob.

Rob Nicholson wrote in news:EvadnSMeG_6qbqzanZ2dneKdnZydnZ2d@bt.com
> > Are Lunix freaks really so stupid? It is software RAID, it does not
> > pretend to be anything else.
>

> Shirley it's a little more than software RAID

Just an itsy bitsy teensy weensy.
Firmware is just software contained in nonvolatile memory.

> otherwise you could use Windows software RAID.

And you probably can.

> Ohh, hang on - does Windows XP have software RAID?

> If not, then I can half see the reason.

How about getting you through the startup phase before drivers become
active, Rhonda

> I assume though that the nVIDIA chipset has
> *some* vaguely RAID related functions in there.

Yes Rhonda, they call it a BIOS.

>
> Cheers, Rob.