Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
I do not trust a software raid from personal and the experience of (or reason given by) joakimsen@gmail.com - Tue, 7 Jun 2011 15:48:32 -0400
Don't forget the big picture. Just today one of my sites had a down server, RAID array not detected. The RAID controller's on the motherboard and it will be down until parts arrive. There are other identical servers but all all running more important applications, but we can bypass this server running the call center management and temporarily route the calls directly to the employee's phones.
If you value your data, do you value how rapidly you could access that information. If the server's out of warranty can you afford the parts? Do you need to wait weeks for a purchase order through an approved vendor can be placed?
That's an argument for kernel RAID. You can just plug in any disk controller and restart the RAID. Or switch to any spare server, no need for one with particular hardware as long as it has sufficient ports. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org