> I've had good luck with Linux software raid arrays. It's so > durn easy, I don't see any reason to bother with the low end > RAID cards. (The more expensive cards can offer advantages > not otherwise available.)
Agreed. I have three systems right now that are fully RAIDed, one a high use server, a personal server, and my personal workstation, all of which use software raid, one of which uses a PCI-IDE card (promise tx-2000 or something) to add the extra channels that are needed. > I would wonder about a software RAID 5 array, however. Doesn't > RAID 5 involve a fairly robust algorithm that might drag the > processor down a bit? I don't really know and am somewhat curious > about this, as I have been considering the same thing on a > file server. Not noticably. The hdparm numbers are a bit lower than say, RAID0 (obviously) but faster than each drive individually. I haven't noticed any processor lag on either system I have that uses RAID5. -- Alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://arcterex.net -------------------------------------------------------------------- "There are only 3 real sports: bull-fighting, car racing and mountain climbing. All the others are mere games." -- Hemingway -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
