Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751303AbWHXNBU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:01:20 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751329AbWHXNBU (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:01:20 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:10217 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751303AbWHXNBS (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:01:18 -0400 Subject: Re: Linux: Why software RAID? From: Alan Cox To: Adam Kropelin Cc: Jeff Garzik , Linux Kernel , Linux RAID Mailing List , marc@perkel.com In-Reply-To: <20060824090741.J30362@mail.kroptech.com> References: <20060824090741.J30362@mail.kroptech.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:20:50 +0100 Message-Id: <1156425650.3007.140.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 713 Lines: 15 Ar Iau, 2006-08-24 am 09:07 -0400, ysgrifennodd Adam Kropelin: > Jeff Garzik wrote: > with sw RAID of course if the builder is careful to use multiple PCI > cards, etc. Sw RAID over your motherboard's onboard controllers leaves > you vulnerable. Generally speaking the channels on onboard ATA are independant with any vaguely modern card. And for newer systems well the motherboard tends to be festooned with random SATA controllers, all separate! - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/