Anyone tried built-in raid in P55/Q57 chipset?

Lennart Sorensen lsorense-1wCw9BSqJbv44Nm34jS7GywD8/FfD2ys at public.gmane.org
Mon Jul 19 16:34:58 UTC 2010


On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 07:31:19AM -0400, aaron d wrote:
> I researched this recently as I have the desire to mirror some data reliably
> and have found that, while "fake" RAID and software RAID perform about the
> same when they are setup and working, there really is NO reason to use
> "fake" RAID.
> 
> http://serverfault.com/questions/133212/onboard-raid-vs-software-raid
> 
> So basically, if you are looking for the absolute best in throughput,
> support and reliability, get a real RAID card. If you are just concerned
> with getting a reliable mirroring set-up (like myself) that you can move to
> another box as you swap/upgrade, or are looking for marginally better
> throughput without plunking down bucks for a proper controller, use linux
> software raid, NOT fake raid.

The only advantage of fake raid is windows desktop support.

Windows server can do software raid, so it, like Linux, has no benefit
from a fake raid, only disadvantages.

The problem of moving from one fakeraid controller to another is a very
good reason to not use it.

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