[nylug-talk] ATA RAID experience

[Jonathan Hirschman]

How about just using a normal PCI IDE card and using md? The cheaper 
"hardware" RAID solutions really do it all in firmware/software anyway, 
and the performance hit for a RAID 1 configuration is minimal to point 
of invisibility.

I've found md to be super stable and really, really easy to configure.

jonathan

Carlos Alfaro wrote:

> 
> I know Adaptec makes an ATA RAID controller but seems
> a bit high in price.  The purpose of the box is to
> hold maybe two 40 Gig HDD on a Pentium III 500 to host
> more.groupware on it.  All I need is the machine to
> stay up in case a HDD goes out.
> 
> Thanks in advanced.
> 
> Carlos