Actually, on High-Availability systems (like an HP 9000 V2500 pair, sharing
an EMC RAID box), the standard is to boot from an internal RAID set. The
entire system is presumed to be on a UPS system. In extreme cases, there is
enough local UPS installed for the system to run at least 10 minutes if the
main UPS goes dead. This is in addition to dual hot-swap power supplies in
each chasis.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matthew Clark
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 1:33 PM
> To: linux-raid
> Subject: PROs and CONs of booting RAID?
>
>
> So... now that I've dumped my old machine for one that
> actually works, could
> anyone outline the pros & cons of booting a Hardware RAID device???
>
> Personally, I would have thought booting from RAID could
> possibly result in
> worse filesystem corruption if the system crashes or is
> switched off or
> something..
>
> But if that's the only problem.. I'm not bothered as we back
> up the entire
> data partition daily...
>
> Regards,
>
> Matthew Clark.
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