07-20-2010
RAID software vs hardware RAID
Hi
Can someone tell me what are the differences between software and hardware raid ?
thx for help.
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Dear All ,
Pl find the below command ,
# raidctl -l
Controller: 1
Volume:c1t0d0
Disk: 0.0.0
Disk: 0.1.0
Disk: 0.3.0
#
raidctl -l c1t0d0
Volume Size Stripe Status Cache RAID
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SDL_VideoInfo(3) SDL API Reference SDL_VideoInfo(3)
NAME
SDL_VideoInfo - Video Target information
STRUCTURE DEFINITION
typedef struct{
Uint32 hw_available:1;
Uint32 wm_available:1;
Uint32 blit_hw:1;
Uint32 blit_hw_CC:1;
Uint32 blit_hw_A:1;
Uint32 blit_sw:1;
Uint32 blit_sw_CC:1;
Uint32 blit_sw_A:1;
Uint32 blit_fill;
Uint32 video_mem;
SDL_PixelFormat *vfmt;
} SDL_VideoInfo;
STRUCTURE DATA
hw_available Is it possible to create hardware surfaces?
wm_available Is there a window manager available
blit_hw Are hardware to hardware blits accelerated?
blit_hw_CC Are hardware to hardware colorkey blits accelerated?
blit_hw_A Are hardware to hardware alpha blits accelerated?
blit_sw Are software to hardware blits accelerated?
blit_sw_CC Are software to hardware colorkey blits accelerated?
blit_sw_A Are software to hardware alpha blits accelerated?
blit_fill Are color fills accelerated?
video_mem Total amount of video memory in Kilobytes
vfmt Pixel format of the video device
DESCRIPTION
This (read-only) structure is returned by SDL_GetVideoInfo. It contains information on either the 'best' available mode (if called before
SDL_SetVideoMode) or the current video mode.
SEE ALSO
SDL_PixelFormat, SDL_GetVideoInfo
SDL
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