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Adrian Chadd wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On Fri, Jan 05, 2007, Daniel Pearson (Flashware Solutions) wrote:
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<pre wrap="">AFAIK, most 'onboard' RAID setups are basically software anyway. If this is the
case, would I be better off just simply getting a board without it, and use
Linux's built in RAID capabilities? I'm assuming the RAID HOW-TO will steer me
in the right direction.
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Maybe. I'd actually test the RAID out before using it. Try googling for various
other opinions - someone might have hardware RAID working -and- had experience
rebuilding arrays and swapping disks. I'd like to be proven wrong. :)
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<pre wrap="">I'm going with a dual-core opteron for my next VPS server. You'll definitely
notice the difference. You'll need a custom kernel if your distribution
kernel doesn't come with SMP images (which would be weird..)
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<pre wrap="">Debian Stable will be the beast..
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I use Ubuntu LTS but Debian sarge will have -smp compiled kernel images available.
You won't need to roll your own just to get SMP support.
Adrian
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Hardware and software RAID both work great.<br>
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Hardware RAID is often easier to set up and also has "set and forget"
because when you blow away an OS installation and start again - it's
still there.<br>
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Software RAID however is often more reliable and much easier or more
likely to be rebuildable.<br>
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What if the mainboard dies and cannot be replaced with an exact match?
Will you still be able to read your partitions as you'd expect?<br>
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I'd save money on the hardware and use software instead and I know many
others working in the industry who (from various types of experience)
would be inclined to agree.<br>
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My $0.02 worth.<br>
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- Jonathan<br>
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