On Tuesday 06 March 2007 00:42, Joe Morris (NTM) wrote: > Greg Freemyer wrote: > > Before you totally commit to software raid think about what happens > > with a drive failure or if you need to boot the SUSE DVD into rescue > > mode. > > > > I don't actually know the answers, but those are always my concerns > > with software raid. > > It works with no problems. I presently boot from a software raid 1 here > at home (PATA) and at the office (SATA). The 10.2 rescue system works > without a problem (though I did have problems with the rescue system in > 10.1 and the raid). When I was running 10.1, I had to use my 9.3 DVD's > rescue system, which worked fine as well. > > > ie. For booting software raid does not normally provide any tolerance, > > and for rescue mode issues I just get nervous. > > Booting period is intolerant of mistakes. I haven't found any > difference with running the raid. I initially ran a boot partition, but > haven't now for quite a while. > > > Basically I don't mind software raid for non-boot drives, but for boot > > drives I have always avoided it. > > I have read that later versions of GRUB will natively support software > raid. > > -- > Joe Morris > Registered Linux user 231871 running openSUSE 10.2 x86_64 Greg, there seams to be one point you missed, Even though the software raid works in as a boot drive (in all situations I've ever tried), I seldom use the DVD recovery and such.
The partions on a software raid 1 are not controller specific, so you can take out a good disk, pop it into a usb-box and restore it on any machine! If find this functionality missing in hardware raids. This is has been my standard upgrades procedure for years. When I upgrade I've always bought 2 new Disks, install the system from DVD, and recover all my data from USB. I get nervous when using hardware raid, as I cannot pull the disks and get the data.... Jerry -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
