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Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:58:43 +0530
From: Subhro <subhro.kar@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: howto software raid under FreeBSD?
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On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 23:55:43 +0200, Matthias F. Brandstetter
<haimat@lame.at> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I want to create a software RAID 1 of two same disks. 

Buddy, software RAIDs had always been a pain in the neck. they simply
are not worth it as the kernel is busy babysitting the RAID and other
applications suffer. Also in case of software RAID failures, it is a
nightmare.

Regards
S.

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Subhro Sankha Kar
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