Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-18 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 09:30:42PM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Andrea Ganduglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >I'm skipping RAID HARDWARE for RAID SOFTWARE for two reasons: 1) > >Backups can be made slowly, because it happen on night time. 2) I have > >more trust into RAID HOWTO that into

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread michael
Quoting Andrea Ganduglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: I'm skipping RAID HARDWARE for RAID SOFTWARE for two reasons: 1) Backups can be made slowly, because it happen on night time. 2) I have more trust into RAID HOWTO that into bios features. One reason I like sofware raid over hardware raid is that m

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Andrea Ganduglia
On 6/17/05, Dragan Cvetkovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 10:10:13AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote: > >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:44:32PM +0200, Andrea Ganduglia wrote: > >> > build RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Dragan Cvetkovic
Andy Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 10:10:13AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote: >> On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:44:32PM +0200, Andrea Ganduglia wrote: >> > build RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD1) but I >> >> raid 5 often isn't the best choice. checkout this

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Andy Smith
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 10:10:13AM -0400, Tom Vier wrote: > On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:44:32PM +0200, Andrea Ganduglia wrote: > > build RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD1) but I > > raid 5 often isn't the best choice. checkout this link: > > http://www.baarf.com/ I would cert

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread michael
Quoting Andrea Ganduglia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Sure! I read RAID HOWTO... but it spoke about IDE (PATA) and not SATA disk.I wrong? Difference do not need prerequisites? You'll be okay. The software raid will work just the same with your sata drives. You'll have a 2.6 kernel , therefore you shou

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Andrea Ganduglia
Sure! I read RAID HOWTO... but it spoke about IDE (PATA) and not SATA disk.I wrong? Difference do not need prerequisites? On 6/17/05, Valmar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html > > > On 6/17/05, Andrea Ganduglia < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi. I'm

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Tom Vier
On Fri, Jun 17, 2005 at 03:44:32PM +0200, Andrea Ganduglia wrote: > build RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD1) but I raid 5 often isn't the best choice. checkout this link: http://www.baarf.com/ -- Tom Vier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> DSA Key ID 0x15741ECE -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Valmar
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.htmlOn 6/17/05, Andrea Ganduglia < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Hi. I'm setting up a backup PC based on Debian Sarge with Kernel 2.6.x, but I have some doubt about hardware configurations. I wantbuild RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD1)

SATA and RAID5 software

2005-06-17 Thread Andrea Ganduglia
Hi. I'm setting up a backup PC based on Debian Sarge with Kernel 2.6.x, but I have some doubt about hardware configurations. I want build RAID5 software onto 4 SATA HD (mother board ASUS P5GD1) but I found no document anywhere on the net that describe this configuration. Can you help me?