[plug] Hardware RAID & RH6.x

Matt Kemner zombie at wasp.net.au
Mon Apr 17 13:46:46 WST 2000


> Never having used software raid on a *nix before, is it really as good as
> hardware?

Haven't run any benchmarks myself, but have been told it's comparable.

> Would you still recommend s/w implementation even with SCSI?

If you have fast enough SCSI cards, I don't see why not.

Don't take my word for it though, have a hunt around the 'net (especially
the linux kernel mailing list archives)

 - Matt




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