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 [http://www.lesbell.com.au] Tel: +61 2 9451 1144
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
2011/1/31 Steve Brooks steveb@mcs.st-and.ac.uk:
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?
Ditto...I have backups of all of my important data at home, but not of the operating systems or of the less important data. When something breaks, I'll have a backup of all the important stuff, but I'll still need to spend time on reinstalling the operating system, configuring it, etc. I think this is true for most home users.
Anyway, the point is not to use RAID as a backup system, since it obviously isn't, but just not to lock yourself into using a doubtful vendor specific software RAID solution, when there's a much more portable solution integrated in the kernel, which at the same time probably is more well-tested and free of bugs.
Best regards Kenni
On 01/31/2011 05:36 AM, Kenni Lund wrote:
2011/1/31 Steve Brookssteveb@mcs.st-and.ac.uk:
On Mon, 31 Jan 2011, Les Bell wrote:
Kenni Lundkenni@kelu.dk wrote:
Fakeraid is a proprietary software RAID solution, so if your motherboard suddenly 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.
Hmm... What percentage of home users keep backups of their systems and data .. not enough me thinks?
Ditto...I have backups of all of my important data at home, but not of the operating systems or of the less important data. When something breaks, I'll have a backup of all the important stuff, but I'll still need to spend time on reinstalling the operating system, configuring it, etc. I think this is true for most home users.
Good point ... and the rest of the story is; all important data is backed up data.
By definition, if it is not backed up, it is not important <period>
Regards, Ray
On 1/31/11 3:24 AM, Les Bell wrote:
Kenni Lundkenni@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.
Or, you swap the disks into a spare chassis which can be much faster. The point here is that hardware or fake hardware raid will require a matching controller, where linux software raid will work on any machine with a compatible interface. In the case of RAID1 you can use any single disk that still works - or even plug it into a USB adapter cable to access the data from a different machine.
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