SATA software RAID-inkernel vs hardware

Peter Clutton peterclutton at gmail.com
Wed Oct 26 16:20:30 PDT 2005


On 10/26/05, Marcin Jessa <lists at yazzy.org> wrote:
> I need to set up a server with two RAID1 SATA drives to do mirroring.
> I was wondering if there was any point in using software RAID
> controllers like FastTrak S150 TX4.

> So what would you guys suggest? Keep the card or go for inkernel
> implementation?

For straight out Raid 1, I would recommend gmirror.I too have only
used it for personal use, but it is simple to set up and works well.


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