[wellylug] Computer System Vendor Wgtn

[Phillip Hutchings]

On 4/20/07, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
> Jethro Carr wrote:
> >
> > But software raid is great, so it makes more sense just to use that.
> >
> You are joking, aren't you? If I see just one more "bad superblock"....

Hardware raid is a real pain, if the card dies you have to replace it
with the exact same card to have any real hope of recovering your
data. So you have to buy a spare or two, or just hope that it won't
die at an inconvenient time. Software raid is much easier, replace the
faulty parts, get the kernel drivers compiled for whatever changes
you've made, and your system is back.

Getting the raid running that quickly sure beats restoring from backups.

-- 
Phillip Hutchings
http://www.sitharus.com/