CentOS - Aug 2005 - Onboard RAID Tyan Transport GT24 (Thunder K8SRE s2891)

I've been checking out this and like the looks of it. 
http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gt24b2891.html

I was told the onboard SATA RAID controller can only
be used by windows. However, others have told me that
there is no problem using it with linux.

Anyone used the Tyan Transport GT24 (TYAN Thunder
K8SRE s2891 motherboard)? Good choice for a CentOS
server?

Thanks,
Josh


		
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olinux <olnx at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I've been checking out this and like the looks of it. 
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/gt24b2891.html
> I was told the onboard SATA RAID controller can only
> be used by windows. However, others have told me that
> there is no problem using it with linux.
> Anyone used the Tyan Transport GT24 (TYAN Thunder
> K8SRE s2891 motherboard)? Good choice for a CentOS
> server?
I have used the S2895, which has the exact same nForce Pro
2200 IC (as well as 2050 on CPU#2, which the S2891/92s do not
have).

The GPL nv_sata driver is in the _stock_ 2.6 kernel.  And I'm
fairly certain it has been backported in the RHEL/CentOS 3
2.4 kernels too.

No Native Command Queuing (NCQ) or Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI) management, but those are largely overrated.
 If I want command queuing, I'm going to do it across
multiple disks with an intelligent ATA RAID controller (like
3Ware).



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