D&C GLug - Home Page

[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]

Re: [LUG] setting up RAID

 

On 23/05/11 19:39, Paul Sutton wrote:
> On 23/05/11 19:33, Rob Beard wrote:
>> 
>> It's actually a Fakeraid card (IIRC a Promise IDE RAID card).
>>
> 
> so what do you mean by this ?

Fake RAID implies the RAID calculations are done by the host CPU, not
the RAID controller.

In any case for all but high end RAID hardware you are almost certainly
better-off configuring it as a standard IDE controller and using
software RAID. Because disk IO isn't the bottleneck it once was for
general purpose computing, and RAID adds complexity you probably don't need.

 Simon

-- 
The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG
http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list
FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq