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On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Derek Atkins wrote: > "Mark J. Dulcey" <mark at buttery.org> writes: > > > Of course, you're looking at a hardware product rather than software > > RAID. However, the requirements should be similar. The Adaptec data > > sheet says that card supports "up to 8 SATA drives"; that phrase > > implies that it will also work with a smaller number. The data sheet, > > alas, is vague about exactly how many you DO need. > > By definition RAID5 requires >= 3 By definition, yes. But the Adaptec controller might impose other requirements; it would be nice if their spec sheet mentioned it.
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