On Tue, 2004-08-24 at 10:17, Bruce Robertson wrote: > In my opinion, software raid is *more* reliable than hardware. When you're > using a 3ware card or similar, you have a single point of failure. You can > lose the entre array if the controller fails. > > With software raid, assuming one drive per controller, if you lose a controller > you only lose the one drive. > > I've also had problems with driver support with specialized cards such as > the 3ware. It's better now, but a couple of years ago it was always "exciting" > to see if a new kernel from Redhat would support the 3ware reliably.
Another exciting 3ware adventure is trying to get the card to work under FreeBSD. They only have a binary driver for the newer cards that works under a specific release (4.8, I think). Software RAID support isn't spectacular under FreeBSD (vinum) last I checked. -- Mark C. Ballew Reno, Nevada [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://markballew.com PGP: 0xB2A33008 AIM: pdx110
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