On Tue, Jan 30, 2024 at 09:47:35PM +0100, hw wrote: > On Mon, 2024-01-29 at 18:41 +0100, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 05:52:38PM +0100, hw wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > Ok in that case, hardware RAID is a requirement for machines with UEFI > > > BIOS since otherwise their reliability is insufficient. > > > > The price you pay for hardware RAID is that you need a compatible controller > > if you take your disks elsewhere (e.g. because your controller dies). > > How often do you take the system disks from one machine to another, > and how often will the RAID controller fail? > > > With (Linux) software RAID you just need another Linux... > > How's that supposed to help? The machine still won't boot if the disk > with the UEFI partition has failed.
We are talking about getting out of a catastrophic event. In such cases, booting is the smallest of problems: use your favourite rescue medium with a kernel which understands your RAID (and possibly other details of your storage setup, file systems, LUKS, whatever). [...] > Maybe the problem needs to be fixed in all the UEFI BIOSs. I don't > think it'll happen, though. This still makes sense if you want a hands-off recovery (think data centre far away). Still you won't recover from a broken motherboard. Cheers -- t
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