31 Jan
2011
31 Jan
'11
2:19 p.m.
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote:
Kenni Lund kenni@kelu.dk wrote:
Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID solution, so if your motherboard suddently decides to die, how will you then get access to your data? <<
Obviously, you restore it from a backup. RAID is not a substitute for backups.
Best,
--- Les Bell
Hmm... What percentage of home users keep backups of their systems and data .. not enough me thinks?
Go with Linux software raid it is very stable and as Kenni Lund states is more portable than the software raid found on many motherboard chipsets that aspire/claim to be hardware raid.
Steve
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