From owner-freebsd-stable Mon Jul 15 22:57:12 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 225AB37B400 for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:10 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail.allcaps.org (h-66-166-142-198.SNDACAGL.covad.net [66.166.142.198]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B08D743E5E for ; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bsder@mail.allcaps.org) Received: by mail.allcaps.org (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3D1D0153B7; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.allcaps.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 324B615277; Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT) From: "Andrew P. Lentvorski" To: Glen Mehn Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition? In-Reply-To: <3D33ABFA.3090408@burningman.com> Message-ID: <20020715225138.V82789-100000@mail.allcaps.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Glen Mehn wrote: > You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com > > it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$... True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your data is completely lost. And what if you choose not to upgrade each time 3ware spins the cards? How much testing does 3ware do against say the 6000 series? Can I take my drives on my 68XX card and plug them into a 78XX card and have them work? What about if 3ware creates an 88XX series? One significant advantage to software RAID is the fact that you can still extract your data from the disk even if you have to completely transplant the disks to different hardware. -a To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message