[Pc_Support] Intel ICH7R and nVidia MCP-04 at RAID-5 = 15MBps (yes, it's FRAID)

[Damien McKenna]

Bryan J. Smith wrote:

>Well, the comment came up today that RAID-5 is always hardware.  Not so!
>The new Intel I/O Controller Hub version 7 RAID (ICH7R) and nVidia Media
>and Communication Processor (MCP-04) chips now offer so-called RAID-5
>support.
>
Also note that many nVidia nForce 4 motherboards have an SIL3114 chip 
that does RAID-5... in software.  Even SIL's online documentation 
doesn't mention RAID-5 support in that chip (you need the SIL3124 for 
that), its a software add-on.

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