on 7-28-2008 2:30 PM D Steward spake the following: >> Re-install with software RAID1. >> >> RAID1 is cheap as far as CPU/IO time is concerned so it works >> well software wise, and you get email alerts if it gets >> degraded! > > I agree with you re. CPU load, but what about hot-swap and auto > rebuilding of arrays? > Does software RAID give you this? Maybe not hot-swap yet -- I think it is in the works, but you can have hot-spares that function very well. But fakeraid doesn't do most of that either, and an ICH9 controller is fakeraid. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080728/f9a7feaf/attachment-0003.sig>