[plug] RAID on a gigabyte 7N400p2 MoBo

[Brad Campbell]

Jonathan Young wrote:
> I have to say that I have personally always preferred hardware when it 
> comes to RAID, but have never used onboard.  I prefer a standalone 
> controller with a separate BIOS onboard and that has never given me any 
> trouble.  In my experience RAID has only been a headache when either a 
> software solution or a cheaply produced motherboard integrated 
> controller have been used.
> 

Ok, let's just get one thing straight please.. onboard RAID is *not* hardware raid. It's a cheesy 
controller with a BIOS that *emulates* raid.. just like 80% of the "hardware" RAID cards on the 
market these days (/me waves at highpoint).

If you must share an array with Windows and Linux on the same box, then RAID-1 or RAID-0 using the 
onboard or an addon card (any SIL 3112 or similar) will do the job, just please remember it's not 
hardware raid..

Hardware raid has a separate microprocessor that does all the raid offloading, costs a lot 
(generally) and performs nearly as well as Linux software raid in most consumer style applications.

Please see this link for further clarification.
http://linux.yyz.us/sata/faq-sata-raid.html

Regards,
Brad
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