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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 11:56:50 +0000
From: Josef Karthauser <joe@tao.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Dell hardware raid 0 (sas5ir) or gmirror?
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:21:06AM +0000, Josef Karthauser wrote:
> I'm purchasing a new server, and was wondering what anyone thought about
> whether to pay extra for the SAS5IR card so I can RAID0 the two drives,
> or whether to just rely on gmirror.  My worry about the former is that I
> can't seem to find management tools for controlling the hardware
> controller.  What if one of the drives fails?  How would I know?
>=20

Of course I mean RAID1!

J.
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