Re: [Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server, RAID Decision

2015-04-27 Thread Jim Cheetham
I agree with Volker, but for slightly different reasons. Software RAID-1 is the only way to go :-) Unless you already understand the tradeoffs (which includes understanding that the I in RAID stands for inexpensive, so using RAID-5 to get more disk space is doomed to messy failure, because the

Re: [Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server, RAID Decision

2015-04-27 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
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

[Linux-users] IBM x3400 Server, RAID Decision

2015-04-26 Thread Peter Simmonds
Hi All, I read the posts about the RAID devices on this particular server. Pardon my inaction, but I am still at the stage of deciding whether I should upgrade it or not (And see if any particular distributions will support it out of the box). Beginner thouh I am, would prefer to get the