On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:31:55PM +0100, Paul Brook wrote: > Depends on your definition of "better". > > Hardware raid does allow you to offload some processing from the main system > to the RAID card. However you need to bear in mind that volumes created with > a hardware raid card will only work with that type of card, so It's advisable > to have spare cards in case one dies. With Linux software raid the volumes > will work in any linux machine.
Certainly handy for getting up and running after a hardware failure. > In terms of data integrity both should be equivalent, though make sure your > hardware card has battery backup. Or does not do any write caching. > Unless you know you need hadware RAID I generally recommend going with > software raid and spending the money you save on more memory, faster CPU, or > more disks :-) Lennart Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
