Re: [SLG] Raid

Milton Calnek wrote:
> I agree w/ Keith and Dave... don't do raid 0.
>
> Also, Linux is not finding your "hardware" raid, because it's not
> a true hardware raid.

Software raid is also faster than the "hardware RAID" sold on motherboards.

> If you want to do raid under linux with that mobo, use software
> raid. Sorry, it doesn't help if you wanted dual boot.

The solution to that is as simple as SMB. Setup a Linux machine with
lots of RAM, gigE, and lots of disks -- and share that over the network.
  Put it somewhere cool and where noise isn't an issue (like the
basement, but on a raised surface in case of flood, and next to a UPS).
  It's cheaper than one of those dedicated RAID boxes (like Netgear's
Readynas), and you'll get true performance (40-50 megabytes/second). I
tried a Netgear Readynas last week and couldn't get more than 8
megabytes a second from it (pretty lame for a device that costs as much
as a Linux machine with 4gb of RAM and a dual-core AMD CPU).

Then you can go ahead and use that dirvish backup tool as well :)
Received on Tue Mar 25 19:17:44 2008