Re: raid 5/6 with different controller

2008-01-29 Thread David Brodbeck
On Jan 29, 2008, at 10:19 AM, Stuart Gall wrote: The other HUGE problem with cheap hardware raid is that in 5 years time when your controller dies there is no practical way to recover the data. Well, except restoring it from the backup you made. You *did* make one, right? RAID (hardware

Re: raid 5/6 with different controller

2008-01-29 Thread Stuart Gall
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Douglas A. Tutty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:33:12AM +0100, Pol Hallen wrote: > > I need some information about the raid 5 (or 6) using 2 different > > controller > > (one integrated in the mother board: 6 sata disks, and other pci c

Re: raid 5/6 with different controller

2008-01-28 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 11:33:12AM +0100, Pol Hallen wrote: > I need some information about the raid 5 (or 6) using 2 different controller > (one integrated in the mother board: 6 sata disks, and other pci controller > with 4 disks support). > > Is there any problem about data security and/or pe

raid 5/6 with different controller

2008-01-28 Thread Pol Hallen
Hi folks! I need some information about the raid 5 (or 6) using 2 different controller (one integrated in the mother board: 6 sata disks, and other pci controller with 4 disks support). Is there any problem about data security and/or performance? Is it a bad idea? Thanks :-) Pol -- To UN