Re: Linux: Why software RAID?

From: Chris Friesen
Date: Thu Aug 24 2006 - 01:18:22 EST


Jeff Garzik wrote:

But anyway, to help answer the question of hardware vs. software RAID, I wrote up a page:

http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html

Just curious...with these guys (http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/KillerOverview.aspx) putting linux on a PCI NIC to allow them to bypass Windows' network stack, has anyone ever considered doing "hardware" raid by using an embedded cpu running linux software RAID, with battery-backed memory?

It would theoretically allow you to remain feature-compatible by downloading new kernels to your RAID card.

Chris
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