On 10/15/2010 5:03 PM, Chris McQuistion wrote:
I agree that you are almost always better off with Linux software
RAID, compared to onboard fakeraid. Typically, Linux software RAID
outperforms those fakeraid controllers and you have easy software
access to the health of the array and you an
On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 5:03 PM, Chris McQuistion
cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote:
I agree that you are almost always better off with Linux software RAID,
compared to onboard fakeraid. Typically, Linux software RAID outperforms
those fakeraid controllers and you have easy software access to the
Just wondering if I made the right decision to use linux software raid
vs the fakeraid controller on my motherboard. Most forums say you're
better off with software raid. Any thoughts?
Also, do you get a lot of errors in your dmesg log in Ubuntu?
I get an amd64_edac error because my board
I agree that you are almost always better off with Linux software RAID,
compared to onboard fakeraid. Typically, Linux software RAID outperforms
those fakeraid controllers and you have easy software access to the health
of the array and you an initiate rebuilds, change drives and such fairly
That's an extremely good point. That alone convinces me!
On 10/15/10, Chris McQuistion cmcquist...@watkins.edu wrote:
I agree that you are almost always better off with Linux software RAID,
compared to onboard fakeraid. Typically, Linux software RAID outperforms
those fakeraid controllers
I'll be either using RAIDZ with ZFS or I'll be utilizing my Smart
Array 5i onboard my ProLiant DL360...
On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 22:29, Dave Tomlin davetom...@gmail.com wrote:
Is anyone using software raid for Ubuntu? How many of you are using
fakeraid controllers?
On 10/14/10, Perkins, Jerry
Thanks for the replies. I want to use Ubuntu, but a look at my dmesg
is somewhat distressing. Most of the errors/warnings I get are
fixable via kernel boot options (iommu=noaperture), but it concerns
me. I guess that's what I get for using non-certfied equipment!
On 10/13/10, Nathanael Ries
