It is simple if you're the maintainer for for the software-RAID Howto. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html 8-) However, it is not really that simple, especially when you lose a disk or if you have to upgrade your kernel or if you want to run a recent vintage kernel, etc. A hardware controller is substantially more easy to setup and manage. If you have the time to spend or as much knowledge of the subject as Jakob, then the software RAID implementation can yield very good results too. Cheers, C > On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 07:33:57PM +0100, kb@karsten-becker.de wrote: > > Hi, > > I want to create an IDE-Raid with 4-6 drives using Raid 5. Therefor i > > want to buy a HW-Raidcontroller. The Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A EFIGS and > > the Promise SuperTrak SX6000 IDE Should fit my whishes. > > I can recommend buying plain promise controllers and running the software RAID. > It's at least as fast as any "hardware" solution, and it's simple. > > -- > ................................................................ > : jakob@unthought.net : And I see the elder races, : > :.........................: putrid forms of man : > : Jakob Østergaard : See him rise and claim the earth, : > : OZ9ABN : his downfall is at hand. : > :.........................:............{Konkhra}...............: > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > -- Chris Mauritz ritz@mordor.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
