Jesse L. Purdom wrote:
On Sunday 02 December 2007, Jim Flanagan wrote:
Philippe Landau wrote:
Jim Flanagan wrote:
I'm trying to do a new install of opensuse 10.3 on a new server box.
Many even cheap Motherboards have RAID chips integrated. Most cheap RAID chips are not fast so RAID5 is not worth it with them. But for RAID1 wouldn't you be better served with a different Main board or a hardware RAID controller ?
Kind regards Philippe
Well, this is a home server that has not much load.
I've been reading a lot about the differences between software raid in linux and the motherboard raid options. Most linux distros recommend linux software raid over the mobo raid, claiming more flexibility to use different types of drives, no lock in to mobo drivers, etc. I suspect this is due to problems with mobo raid in the past, and a general tendency to favor open source. They do claim software raid uses more system resources.
I'm not sure which way to go, but am leaning toward the software raid option (md raid).
This is probably a loaded question, but any thoughts on the matter?
Jim F
Hi Jim,
Hardware RAID need not be overly expensive. You can purchase an Adaptec SATA RAID 1210SA for about $59.00USD from Newegg.com:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16816103020
This card would be quite suitable for what you are doing and is fairly easy to setup. I have used it on a couple low-end servers and have never had a problem.
Jesse
Interesting, I didn't know they were that inexpensive. I'm still a bit unclear as to what is true raid and what is "fake" raid. Is this a true raid card, or is it a software raid on a card? As I said I really don't understand the difference. Tks, Jim F -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org