Thanks for the info. This reinforces my feeling that if 
ever i use hardware raid in any of my servers, I'd buy
two of them, just in case..:-)

jondz

On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 03:09, ian sison (mailing list) wrote:
> On 9 Aug 2003, JondZ wrote:
> 
> > hi
> >
> > if i may jump in with a question--i've always wondered
> > about this, since I do not have any hardware raid
> > equipment (I just use software raid):
> >
> > Do the hardware controllers write data in a proprietary
> > format, or do they write data in a "normal" fashion, so
> > that when you pull out the disk you'd be able to read
> > it without the controller?  I've often wondered if you
> > need the same exact hardware controller to read the
> > disk, for example if the controller breaks down?
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> 
> In my experience with 3WARE RAID 1, No.  RAID 1 is implemented in a
> different way by 3ware, and you just can't yank a drive from an mirror and
> mount/boot it in another controller.  You need another 3ware to boot it
> correctly.
> 
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