[Thomas Templin] > I would _never_ use a software raid controller in a productive > environment! It's like having a Porsche on bicycle tires. It will > work until there is a problem. But what comes than will be a > disaster.
Yes, I've noticed some people have an impressive trust in hardware raid. When we decided to use software raid on developer.skolelinux.no, instead of the optional hw raid controller in the Dell PowerEdge 2550, we benchmarked the performance and discovered that the software raid was a lot faster than the hardware raid. And with software raid, we were able to get information about the status of the raid, while with HW raid we didn't find any sensible tools to administrate it. > Have a look at IPC Vortex controllers they are (mostly) working out > of the box. Which kernel driver are these using? Could you provide some info for my page at <URL:http://developer.skolelinux.no/info/prosjektet/delprosjekt/hw-raid-info.html>?
