From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 30 10:17:09 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12CB016A4CE for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:17:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from allrounder.lame.at (mail.softlink.at [195.58.166.252]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C488A43D53 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:17:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from haimat@lame.at) Received: from itchy (home.lame.at [80.78.254.138]) (using TLSv1 with cipher RC4-MD5 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by allrounder.lame.at (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65A9E2FE87 for ; Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:16:31 +0200 (CEST) From: "Matthias F. Brandstetter" To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 12:17:05 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.7 References: <200410292355.43148.haimat@lame.at> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200410301217.05727.haimat@lame.at> Subject: Re: howto software raid under FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 10:17:09 -0000 ---------- quoting Subhro ---------- > 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. I do not think so. I never ever had any diffuiculties or hatches with software raids on Linux systems. I use them for several years in several machines now, w/o any errors. AND: it's damn easy on Linux to create the array, hotadd a new disk and so on... greets, Matthias -- Homer/Apu/Moe: You can do it, Otto! You can do it, Otto! Apu: Make this spare, I'll give you free gelato! Moe: Then go back to my place where I will get you blotto! Homer: Domo arigato, Mister Roboto! Team Homer