[WBEL-users] RAID

[Arif Gangji]

Have there been any tests done regarding hard drive failures and recovery on
a sw RAID system with WBEL?

i.e. how easy is it to get your data replicated back onto a new drive if 1
fails?  Does it just continue running off the second drive?

-----Original Message-----
From: whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org
[mailto:whitebox-users-bounces at beau.org]On Behalf Of Vic
Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 4:14 PM
To: whitebox-users at beau.org
Subject: Re: [WBEL-users] RAID


> One thing to consider is that those cheaper cards are nothing
> more than ide controllers with software raid. Do you have the ide
> ports on your motherboard free?  IF so just use the kernel's
> software raid.  If the card is recognized as a regular set of ide
> ports..i would just use the kernel's software raid..:)

That's probably good advice even if the card does have hardware RAID; it
gives you a good deal of future-proofing should the card ever go belly-up
& you need data off those drives...

Vic.
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