[WBEL-users] Raid

[Thomas Knoop]

Hi hawk82,


> I'm currently using an older 3ware 6200 with two maxtor ide drives.

> I tried the software raid in linux, but it is just too much work. This
> solution is a lot easier. Made even easier since I put each drive in a
> removable drive bay. If one dies, power down the system, pop out the
> old drive, and put a new one, reboot and the array rebuilds.

Okay, but what happens if your 3ware card dies in, let's say 2 years, how 
fast would you have your system up and running?

Thats why you should consider Software Raid, because even if everything 
dies, except for 1 disk, you would be able to have a system running, on that 
disk, very fast.