[dundee] Ubuntu Install RAID 1 + LVM is a no go..

[Andrew Clayton]

On Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:25:43 +0000, Andy Smith wrote:

> Hi Lee,
> 
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:59:31AM +0000, Lee Hughes wrote:
> > I've been messing around with raid 1 and lvm , before you tell me
> > that software raid is a bad idea, I know, I'm just playing around
> > with it.
> 
> Why would anyone tell you it is a bad idea?  It's fine, better than
> hardware in many cases, and always a lot better than none at all.

Absolutely, I use Linux's software RAID at work.

A 466GB RAID 5 (3 disks) and a 2.3TB RAID 5 (8 disks, 6 in use, 2 spare)

Been stung by hardware RAID in the past.

Andrew