[Gllug] RAID Partitions

[Martin A. Brooks]

Hi Amias,

On Friday, May 7, 2004, Amias Channer wrote:

> Lorks , i don't think i'll be going anywhere near one of those then.
> Software raid on a dual channel SCSI controller for me then.

You may as well not bother. Software RAID is a nice hack but is
inherantly unreliable simply because it requires a running operating
system.

I've been using various hardware RAID cards for much of the past 10
years,  I've yet to see the incompabilities listed within this thread.
Go with a well known, well supported manufacturer (3ware for IDE,
anything DAC960 based for SCSI) and you won't have problems.

Also, again, RAID is _not_ a substitute for a tested backup system.  If your
backup strategy works then an incompatible firmware version will not
stop you getting your data back.

--
Martin A. Brooks, Clues Ltd.
http://www.clues.ltd.uk/

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