Martin Eriksson wrote:
> What is "best" on Linux 2.4.X (with any appropriate patches) ?
>
> HPT370 RAID-1 or Software RAID-1 ?
>
> And if Software RAID-1 is best of these two, where is it most stable; on an
> i815 chipset, a VIA chipset (686B) or on a promise controller?
>
> I define "best" as:
> * most stable
> * least complex setup
> * least hassle when something goes wrong
Software RAID is just your disk configuration. But I'd recommend
hardware raid because the rebuild after one disk crash is dog slow with
software raid. This problem been discussed in all possible linux
magazines...
I prefer SCSI RAID5
Thunder
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