On Tuesday 30 April 2002 21:09, you wrote:
> On 2002.04.30 14:22 Robert Davies wrote:
> > On Monday 29 April 2002 19:44, you wrote:
> > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 11:34:48AM +0100, Robert Davies wrote:
> > > > On Saturday 27 April 2002 11:20, you wrote:
> > >
> > Makes more sense to use normal Linux software RAID, than rely on these
> > proprietary features.
>
> The 2.4.x kernel has two options for the HPT370 RAID chip(set) as found on
> some motherboards .
> The first recognizes it (always a good start) and lets you use it as
> another pair of IDE channels. The second allows you to use the software
> RAID features.
>
> I use the first of these to get 4 master IDE channels (so HDD,HDD,DVD,CDRW
> each on its own channel)
> How good/stable the software raid option is I don't know.
If you use that software RAID, the data on disk is in a HPT specific format.
What happens when you move those disks to a different machine or controller?
If you use the standard Linux raid devices, the data on disk should be
transportable, which might be important after a mobo failure for example.
Rob
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