>>> 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?
>>
>>
> AFAIR (at least with 3ware) the newer cards will usually still support the
> older arrays.
Yeah, check out this thread...
http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/2008-March/096073.html
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