2009/4/26 Justin <eqi...@gmail.com>: >> > > Is >> > > there any advantage compared with software raid? >> > > >> > >> > I only see disadvantages. >> >> Thanks, I appreciate your advice. > > > Here's the advantage to fakeraid to me. Keep in mind it won't apply to most > people. > > I have 4 hard disk, 2x320 in raid0 for the OS and 2x1TB in raid1 for > storage. On the raid0 I dualboot Windows and Fedora. The motherboard's > fakeraid is excellent because it provides a common interface between Windows > and Fedora. For the raid0, I probably could have used full softraid on both > OSes. (assuming Windows can boot from a soft raid0?) However, for the raid1, > where both OSes need to be able to read the same partition, fakeraid was the > only option. > > [Justin Newman]
When your motherboard dies you then have no data available to use unless you have another motherboard with the exact same fake raid chip-set. OTOH with software raid you can hook your discs up to any motherboard and it'll all start fine because it's not tied to the hardware. We had a boarder who used fake-raid in the fashion you mention and was bitten badly by a raid chip failure. No spare motherboard, no backups, everything gone. Adrian -- 24x7x365 != 24x7x52 Stupid or bad maths? <erno> hm. I've lost a machine.. literally _lost_. it responds to ping, it works completely, I just can't figure out where in my apartment it is. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
