> gmirror seems to be the better solution, sad, I always thought hardware > raid was more reliable..anyway, thanks...I'll test...
The only IDE hardware RAID I've found reliable is the EzRAID from arcoide.com. It only does mirroring and only with two disks, but it is hardware-ONLY so it works the same on every OS without any software support at all. It just looks like a single drive to the IDE controller -- not all of Arco's products are like this, though, so beware. If two-disk mirroring with hotswap is enough, it does a great job. If you need more, I would use SCSI or software. Disclaimer: I haven't gone through a "real" failure with one of these, only simulated ones. Micah
