[ale] raid suggestions

[Jim Kinney]

Add to it that pretty much ALL hardware RAID is closed proprietary stuff. I
can't trust what I can't open and evaluate. And I sure don't like having my
feet to the fire for something I really can't fix.


On Sun, Feb 12, 2012 at 11:22 PM, Bob Toxen <transam at verysecurelinux.com>wrote:

> On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 08:37:03PM +0000, Lightner, Jeff wrote:
> > Hardware based (for true RAID) because it doesn't require CPU cycles.
> Some hardware RAID controllers store critical information on the
> controller.  Thus, a fried controller means all data lost!
>
> This happened about 2 years ago to one of the smartest Linux guys I
> know!
>
> Thus, I'll only consider software RAID if it's up to me!
>
> Bob
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of
> Calvin Harrigan
> > Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2012 3:26 PM
> > To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> > Subject: Re: [ale] raid suggestions
> >
> > As per a discussion on the list a few months ago, software based raid 10.
> >
> > On 2/9/2012 2:54 PM, Geoffrey Myers wrote:
> > > I've not played with raid stuff of late.  What is the recommended
> > > configuration for a small business these days?  Definitely want data
> > > protection, but don't want to sacrifice a lot of speed for that
> purpose.
> > >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >
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