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DateThu, 24 Aug 2006 07:43:30 +0200 (MEST)
FromMattias Wadenstein <>
SubjectRe: Linux: Why software RAID?
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Chris Friesen wrote:

> Jeff Garzik wrote:
>
>> 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
>
> Just curious...with these guys 
> (http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/KillerOverview.aspx) putting linux on a PCI 
> NIC to allow them to bypass Windows' network stack, has anyone ever 
> considered doing "hardware" raid by using an embedded cpu running linux 
> software RAID, with battery-backed memory?

I'd expect this to be the reason why md offload support to xor engines and 
whatever turns up. It makes very little sense for a modern server/desktop 
CPU, but for the embedded ones it does.

/Mattias Wadenstein
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