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SubjectLinux: Why software RAID?
Mark Perkel wrote:
> Running Linux on an AMD AM2 nVidia chip ser that supports Raid 0
> striping on the motherboard. Just wondering if hardware raid (SATA2) is
> going to be faster that software raid and why?


First, it sounds like you are confusing motherboard "RAID" with real
RAID. There's a FAQ for this sort of thing:

http://linux-ata.org/faq-sata-raid.html

In particular, your motherboard's Raid 0 striping (a) is not done in
hardware, and (b) has nothing to do with SATA2.

But anyway, to help answer the question of hardware vs. software RAID, I
wrote up a page:

http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html

Generally, you want software RAID unless your PCI bus (or more rarely,
your CPU) is getting saturated. With RAID-0, there is no duplication of
data, and so, PCI bus and CPU usage should be about the same for
hardware and software RAID.

Jeff


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