On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, DarkMoon wrote:
Hi,
> I was wondering what would be a good hardware raid controller for use
> with RH 6.1? I'm looking at the Mylex extreme Raid. Is a hardware
I personally (on HW raid) prefer ICP Vortex ones, search the list
archives for a more detailed explanation of factors that made me choose
them.
> raid controller worth the money? Is it easier to set up, more
> reliable, less hassle?
As a rule of thumb, they use to be less flexible, but easier to
maintain/install. Hot-swapping capabilities is another fact.
I don't know how reliable is w/ SW Raid with the two drivers that support
on the fly addition/removal of devices, AIC7xxx and ncr/sym53c8xx,
assuming you use SCA/SCA2 disks/carriers.
Regarding perfomance, YMMV, but by now, AFAIK the linux scsi
middle-layer is a bottleneck, and throughput must be better using HW. Not
on syncronization speed, where SW raid beats HW easily...
cheers,
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