<quote who="James Gregory"> > Finally, my motherboard (an Abit IIRC) claims to have an on-board > Highpoint hardware RAID controller. Is there any compelling reason to use > this vs software RAID? Is the RAID on-disk format standardised between > controllers? (ie if I do use hardware RAID, will I have issues moving > these drives to another computer?)
Definitely use Linux's software RAID over the Highpoint's software RAID (it's not really hardware RAID at all). Easier to manage, understand, transfer, yada yada yada. - Jeff -- GVADEC 2004: Kristiansand, Norway http://2004.guadec.org/ I must be getting old... Buying toothpaste with gel in it is no longer an Absolute Necessity. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
