Raid card for FC6

edwardspl at ita.org.mo edwardspl at ita.org.mo
Mon Apr 9 15:44:01 UTC 2007


Bruno Wolff III wrote:

>On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 21:16:19 +0800,
>  edwardspl at ita.org.mo wrote:
>  
>
>>So, is there a model / type as the following ?
>>1, Support FC6 System.
>>2, Support 2 / 4 S-ATA HD.
>>3, Support RAID 1 ( for mirror ).
>>    
>>
>
>If you just want inexpensive raid 1 for a home system, use software raid.
>
>Hardware raid controllers really don't pay off until you get battery backed
>cache.
>
>There are some downsides to hardware controllers. You are locked to that
>controller and will have limited options for buying replacements if one fails.
>The on controller cpus may be slower than using your general purpose cpu(s).
>You may need to use propietary drivers which can block kernel upgrades and
>which eventually won't be supported.
>  
>
So, do you means Software is better then the hardware ?

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