On Sun, 2016-08-14 at 16:17 -0600, Drew Samson wrote: > Thanks for the helpful responses. Now to your questions: > > > On 8/14/2016 3:30 PM, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > > > Why do you use hardware RAID? There is little or no advantage and some > > disadvantages in doing that. Software RAID works extremely well on > > Linux. > > Since the capability is built into many motherboards these days it seems > more straightforward to me to control mirrored redundancy outside of the > OS. I have no personal experience using redundant software raid even > though I know Windows 7 supports it so I think it's just a matter of > using what I know since it's readily available. Then with Fedora I have > no idea how to go about using or configuring redundant software raid so > again using the motherboard controller means one less thing I need to > learn. Fedora software mirroring is certainly on my list of things to > know before I die but I haven't made it that far down the list yet... > > What disadvantages were you referring to with hardware raid?
Mainly that it adds cost and still requires specialized drivers because it often means proprietary formats which may not be well-maintained. OTOH it may allow hot-swapping, depending on the model. Software RAID is generally more flexible and on a modern system doesn't have a high impact on performance. Here's a discussion (one among many): http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html > > > > > Not being a gamer I don't use SLI but since we're on the > > subject about compatible hw...does Fedora / linux / open-source have any > > capable sli graphics cards which work well and easily? > > No idea what you mean by SLI. > > > > It's called the Scalable Link Interface capability built into some > graphics cards where you can slave 2 (or more) graphics cards together > and combine their gpu processing power for more a responsive graphics > interface. It's really nice for those who need it. OK poc -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/admin/lists/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
