[ale] raid with linux
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pizza at shaftnet.org
Wed Nov 13 16:33:47 EST 2002
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 04:13:43PM -0500, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> I need to setup a raid fileserver. Here's what I'm wondering... Should
> I get one of those Promise Raid controllers (IDE) or should I do the
> raid with linux? The machine will run linux and samba. I'd like to use
> the hardware solution, but I'm wondering if there are any caveats that I
> should know about. Anyone have any suggestions or insights?
RAID0/1, or RAID5?
If it's the latter, be prepared to plunk down $250 and up for a good
controller; especially if you're going to be doing lots of I/O.
Otherwise, I'd just recommend you use the in-kernel RAID0/1 stuff; it's
very mature, and works with any hardware. Given that most of those
so-called RAID cards just do the fancy stuff in their driver, you don't
loose anything except prhaps cross-OS compatibility.
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