[PLUG] software RAID

[Carla Schroder]

On Thursday 02 October 2003 2:57 pm, Derek Loree wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-10-02 at 11:26, Mike De La Mater wrote:
> > Is software RAID worth doing?
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>
> The biggest advantage is $$$.  IDE drives are not just inexpensive (the
> I in RAID), they are getting to be downright cheap.  This is a very
> small cost for an added layer of recoverability (this is not a
> substitute for regular backups).  For workstations and low overhead
> servers, I have a hard time justifying NOT setting up mirrored
> partitions these days.

Yup, it's a nice thing to have, for all the reasons you said.
>
> For robust, busy servers, hardware RAID is the only way to go.
>

Well, I suppose if I wanted to be overly pedantic, I would say "even with a 
RAID controller, software is running the show." :)  I think for hardworking 
servers it's more important to have SCSI drives, RAID or not. And I agree 
that a good hardware RAID controller is a lovely thing to have.

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