On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:04 PM, Keith Keller wrote:
On 2013-03-13, SilverTip257 wrote:
I'll argue that the software RAID process is slightly more complex. And it is crucial that one remember to hot-remove the disk ... after all one could panic their box by just yanking the drive.
Agreed, but the OP specifically mentioned wanting to avoid creating more on-site work. He could do all of the steps you mentioned remotely, so the amount of on-site work for HW RAID or md RAID is equivalent, and therefore shouldn't be a factor in choosing between them. The added complexity might be an issue for a user new to RAID or to device management.
From the discussions thus far, I have concluded that hardware raid has
it's own issues.
Thanks to everyone for sharing your thoughts, suggestions and comments. I am still leaning towards a hardware raid controller but will look into the MegaRAID controllers as well.
-- Arun Khan