[WBEL-users] Software raid and User Mode Linux CD burning on WBEL

[Kirby Bohling]

On Thu, Jul 29, 2004 at 03:00:02PM -0400, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Shackmaster wrote:
> >I'd be curious to hear about anyone's experience with software RAID on a 
> >heavily load NAS server? I have been considering the deployment of a 6TB 
> >system, with dual opterons, runing a software based RAID 6. (WBEL of 
> >course.)
> >
> >Can anyone speak problems with this setup? Alternatives?
> 
> Did RH really put RAID-6 in? My only argument with any software RAID is 
> that it depends on the BIOS being able to load some things before the 
> kernel runs, and if a drive fails that may not happen. My only 
> justification for using cruddy systemboard RAID in mirror mode just to 
> boot, nothing more.

Huh? Grub groks mirrors if you tell it to.  I've got my boot disk on
a mirror.  If it crashes, can be sorta painful that I have to go
fiddle with the BIOS to ignore the first drive.

	Kirby


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