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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Are you suggesting something like Promise SATA Raid0/1 Controller TX2300?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>-----Original Message-----</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>From: owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org [<A HREF="mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org">mailto:owner-tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</A>] On Behalf Of lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys@public.gmane.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Sent: October 4, 2005 3:17 PM</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>To: tlug-lxSQFCZeNF4@public.gmane.org</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>Subject: Re: [TLUG]: raid controller</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>On Tue, Oct 04, 2005 at 01:52:56PM -0400, Phillip Qin wrote:</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> I have an onboard SATA raid controller. I plan to use RAID-1 on two 400GB</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> HDDs. If I replace/upgrade my motherboard, will I lose data on the raid</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>> drives?</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Must likely yes. Using onboard proprietary software raid is just asking</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>for trouble.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Some boards MIGHT use the same on disk format if they use the same</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>controller chip and mostly the same firmware version.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I also would rather use something with known good performance for</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>software raid rather than something proprietary that ties me to a</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>specific board and someone's (usually) secret implementation.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Lennart Sorensen</FONT>
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