>> I assume you mean disk cache. I plan on using a 3ware > > 3ware is a good controller, but if you do the reliability calculations, > you'll > find that software RAID is more reliable than any hardware RAID solution, > because you are eliminating a single point of failure. (If your RAID > controller dies, the whole RAID array dies.) And with today's processors, > there's no speed advantage to going with hardware RAID. > > Just my opinion.
Sure, this holds true for RAID1, but what about RAID5 and RAID0? Ever try to shove a bunch of IDE controllers into an x86 box? *nudges Ryan F* Mark _______________________________________________ RLUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.rlug.org/mailman/listinfo/rlug
