On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 09:14:26PM -0500, Gregory Seidman wrote: > On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 03:40:15PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Jan 15, 9:10 am, Gregory Seidman <gsslist > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > anything that > > > kills your motherboard (short circuit in the memory, CPU overheating, > > > etc.) > > > also takes out your RAID controller. To be able to access your data you'll > > > need the same RAID controller > > > > doh! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks. Software it is! > > > > I have an existing setup that uses four 120G drives in software RAID 5 > > under windows 2000, and I learned that it's best to have exactly the > > same kind of drives. Mixing WD and Seagate caused problems. Is that > > a RAID 5 idiosyncrasy or a windows thing? > > I've heard it recommended for any RAID, but I've never had a problem under > Linux sw RAID with differing brands of drives. i have a samsung and western digital currently in raid1 > > --Greg > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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