On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Chris McQuistion <cmcquist...@watkins.edu> wrote: > I agree that you are almost always better off with Linux software RAID, > compared to onboard "fakeraid". Typically, Linux software RAID outperforms > those fakeraid controllers and you have easy software access to the health > of the array and you an initiate rebuilds, change drives and such fairly > easily with software RAID. The top reason for me, however, is the > portability of Linux software RAID. If you have a motherboard completely > die, you can move a Linux software RAID array to a completely different > machine, with very different hardware. You typically cannot do that with > "fakeraid". This is a very real-world issue that I've run into several
He speaks the truth. Don't use hardware raid unless it's a well-known controller type and easy to get a replacement. You're almost always better off just using software raid. Michael -- Michael Darrin Chaney, Sr. mdcha...@michaelchaney.com http://www.michaelchaney.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NLUG" group. To post to this group, send email to nlug-talk@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to nlug-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nlug-talk?hl=en
