If speed is not what you are looking for (as in RAID 0), I would also recommend software raid, something like LVM, that is probably already installed on your system.
David Montminy On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 1:29 PM, Stephane Bakhos <[email protected]> wrote: > Personally I much prefer the Linux Software RAID as it is much easier to > deal with a failure or a change of the controler card. > > On Thu, 20 May 2010, Andrew Oulton wrote: > >> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:11:21 -0400 >> From: Andrew Oulton <[email protected]> >> Reply-To: Montreal Linux Users Group <[email protected]> >> To: MLUG <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [MLUG] Recomendation on "low-cost" RAID SATA cards >> >> >> Problem is with most is that they are "fake" raid cards that actually >> require the host to process. This effectively means "software RAID". You >> can already do this just using 2 drives on whatever controllers your MB >> already has if you really wanted. Now if you want REAL RAID.. well that >> costs.... Real cards = less headaches. Its treted as 1 drive. To >> everything. No screwups, no direct-acccessing a member drive directly (got >> hit with this once myself) >> >> Andrew >> >>> From: [email protected] >>> Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 12:45:24 -0400 >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [MLUG] Recomendation on "low-cost" RAID SATA cards >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> Want to put a RAID card in my home server running CentOS, any >>> recommendation on low-cost that will give less head-ake? I know LSI >>> works GREAT, but don't want to shelf out 300$ for one... >>> >>> --- >>> >>> Andre Courchesne - Consultant >>> >>> http://www.net-forces.com >>> >>> MSN: [email protected] >>> >>> Skype: VoipForces >>> >>> >>> >>> L'information contenue dans le présent document est la propriété de Andre >>> Courchesne. Et est divulguée en toute confidentialité. Cette information ne >>> doit pas être utilisée, divulguée à d'autres personnes ou reproduite sans le >>> consentement écrit explicite de Andre Courchesne. >>> >>> The information contained in this document is confidential and property >>> of Andre Courchesne. It shall not be used, disclosed to others or reproduced >>> without the express written consent of Andre Courchesne. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> mlug mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca >> >> _________________________________________________________________ >> MSN Dating: Find someone special. Start now. >> http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9729707 > > _______________________________________________ > mlug mailing list > [email protected] > https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca > > _______________________________________________ mlug mailing list [email protected] https://listes.koumbit.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mlug-listserv.mlug.ca
