> You are definitely making your life more difficult then is needed for a > desktop machine. > > You said you have 4 hard disks. Make a software RAID1 out of the first two. > Make a software RAID1 out of the second two and your good to go. > > You can use dump/restore to backup the logical volumes on the second > RAID set to an LV on the first. > > No need for bare metal restore. Just need to get some working Linux distro to > be able to read your files. > > Going HW RAID for your desktop is going to get in the way of you getting > things going and if your HW RAID card fails then what? Your drives will only > work with another identical HW RAID card. > > -Ross
That makes total sense Ross, I think I may end up going with software raid and investing in a good hot swap redundant power supply that would fit into an ATX case, combined with a good UPS. That brings up a last question on possiblity of either a 3ware or acrea RAID 1 cards. I'm wondering how long I would be able to order a replacement RAID card from either of 3ware or areea. Anyone know if 3ware or acrea stock identical replacement cards for their SATA 4 port raid cards for several years out? Do they stock past the three year warranty period? _________________________________________________________________ Helping your favorite cause is as easy as instant messaging. You IM, we give. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/Home/?source=text_hotmail_join_______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
