androidtopp wrote: > Definitely agreed - you want a hardware controller to handle all the > RAID intelligence. And if possible, a hardware controller that does XOR > calculations for RAID5 in a dedicated hardware engine - otherwise your > machine processor will take a significant hit when writing to the RAID > set and performing parity calcs. Unfortunately, that hardware XOR gets > pricey. >
It also has another disadvantage. If your hardware controller breaks you'll need to get the exact same controller or get it fixed in order to get back your data. In today's computing market, you can't be sure of that in two or three years. So, pure software RAID (Like Linux MD or Windows software RAID) definitely has its advantages. Of course backups are mandatory in any RAID setup. Regards, Peter _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
