The problem with software RAID is that if you loose power in the middle of a
write, you may end up with some drives updated and others not.
With battery-backed hardware RAID. the controller knows this and finishes the
write when power returns (assuming the battery doesn't die first)
David Lang
On Sun, 17 Nov 2013, Atom Powers wrote:
Software RAID is always, in my experience, more stable than onboard "RAID"
especially if you only have one OS.
On Nov 17, 2013 12:59 PM, "john boris" <[email protected]> wrote:
Robert,
Yes I understand that. I am trying to keep the cost down and if the
Motherboard I get has a good onboard controller than it will save me some
$$$$
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 3:57 PM, Robert Hajime Lanning <[email protected]
wrote:
On 11/17/13 11:52, john boris wrote:
up. I can live with an onboard Raid controller as I plan to use 2 drives
mirrored.
The bane of "on-board RAID". Make sure the on-board RAID solution is not
of the "fakeraid" variety. The "fakeraid" only exists for dual boot
compatibility with "other" operating systems. When a "fakeraid" device goes
into a failure mode (degraded RAID set), it stops. You need to boot
windows to rebuild the RAID set. The "fakeraid" is a BIOS boot supported
software RAID.
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