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On Monday 27 April 2009 14:18:39 Yahya Mohammad wrote: |
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> Hi list, |
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> I'm setting up a new desktop machine with RAID 0. The motherboard I |
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> bought supports the so-called "Fake" RAID, which offloads most of the |
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> processing to the system CPU. What are the pros and cons of using this |
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> as opposed to pure software RAID? |
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There are no pros that I have ever seen and plenty of cons. Notably - |
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performance sucks. |
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You are almost always better off using software RAID. Big plus - you can |
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actually configure it to get a result closer to what you want as opposed to |
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what the firmware manufacturer wants you to have. |
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alan dot mckinnon at gmail dot com |
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