On Mon 27 Apr 2015 22:47:23 NZST +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > Hardware RAID is only stable if you have replacement opportunities for > the controller. Once that goes, the whole array is useless unless you > can get an identical replacement (same FW version too, often).
Oh, even a $4-digit controller is crappy enough to create arrays that can't be accessed any more with a similar controller from the same company 2 years later? That removes much of the reason for buying it in the first place. > I've replaced a lot of disks over the years, and once I stopped > messing around and went SW RAID-1 everywhere disk failures & > replacements became much less stressful. The last one to go was the > boot disk for my new workstation (SSD lifetimes are terribly low) ... > no problems, nothing stopped working, disk replaced (warranty), array > rebuilt, everything happy again in almost no time ... Yep, putting any desktop together without SW RAID-1 is not well thought through. Well, unless $RELATIVE only turns it on twice a week... Volker -- Volker Kuhlmann http://volker.top.geek.nz/ Please do not CC list postings to me. _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
