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On Tuesday 09 February 2010 19:03:39 Neil Walker wrote: |
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> Hey guys, |
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> There seems to be a lot of confusion over this RAID thing. |
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> Hardware RAID does not use partitions. The entire drive is used (or, |
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> actually, the amount defined in setting up the array) and all I/O is |
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> handled by the BIOS on the RAID controller. The array appears as a |
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> single drive to the OS and can then be partitioned and formatted like |
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> any other drive. |
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> Software RAID can be created within existing MSDOS-style partitions - |
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> indeed must be if the array is to be bootable. |
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> The OP seems to be doing the latter so the comments about removing a |
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> drive and re-formatting are perfectly valid. |
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> In order not to confuse the matter further, I deliberately left out the |
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> pseudo-hardware controllers on many modern motherboards. ;) |
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Don't get me started on those ;) |
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The reason I use Linux Software Raid is because: |
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1) I can't afford hardware raid adapters |
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2) It's generally faster then hardware fakeraid |
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