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| Why don't you recommend using the raid provided by the controller |
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| Is it also the same for an HP Proliant with a Smart Array? |
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ok |
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i'm just telling you my personal opinion |
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if you have sata controller which has software raid on it, it usually |
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means that controler has propietary implementation of raid in its bios |
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if you are running linux, you can use linux software raid which i find |
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much better because: |
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- - no propietary format, this may be not an issue with raid1, but with |
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raid0,4,5 you may be unable to replace broken controller by a |
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different one (different type) |
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- - raid1 -> linux software raid can operate on partitions, not only on |
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the whole drives |
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with 'two hdd in raid1' setup it means that you can have two swap |
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partitions on both drives; and rest of the drives partitioned and |
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paired in raid1 volumes; |
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with sw raid controller you would have to put swap on raid which is |
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not recommended |
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- - linux software raid is much more flexible; if you read howto, the |
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section about installing linux on a software raid1 without a need for |
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another hard drive and without requiring your favourite distribution |
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to provide you with all necessary tools on the installation cd, you |
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will see why |
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this would be impossible with mose sw raid controllers |
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also converting an existing system into raid1 system, etc ... |
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but this is just my humble opinion |
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regards, |
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martin |
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