This message generated a parse failure. Raw output follows here. Please use 'back' to navigate. From devnull@lkml.org Sat Apr 20 05:14:56 2024 Received: from spaans.ds9a.nl (adsl-xs4all.ds9a.nl [213.84.159.51]) by kylie.puddingonline.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id g8IK55X22137 for ; Wed, 18 Sep 2002 22:05:06 +0200 Received: (qmail 21683 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2002 07:48:31 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO spaans.ds9a.nl) (3ffe:8280:10:360:202:44ff:fe2a:a1dd) by mayo.ipv6.ds9a.nl with SMTP; 18 Sep 2002 07:48:31 -0000 Received: (qmail 4582 invoked by uid 1000); 17 Sep 2002 21:23:17 -0000 Received: (maildatabase); juh Received: (qmail 14481 invoked by alias); 15 Mar 2002 09:35:59 -0000 Received: (qmail 14476 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2002 09:35:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO dipsaus.ds9a.tudelft.nl) (::ffff:10.0.0.202) by spaans.ds9a.nl with SMTP; 15 Mar 2002 09:35:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 10513 invoked from network); 15 Mar 2002 09:35:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO vger.kernel.org) (::ffff:12.107.208.194) by adsl-xs4all.ds9a.nl with SMTP; 15 Mar 2002 09:35:57 -0000 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 04:33:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 04:33:39 -0500 Received: from Expansa.sns.it ([192.167.206.189]:17680 "EHLO Expansa.sns.it") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 04:33:28 -0500 Received: from Expansa.sns.it (kernel@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by Expansa.sns.it (8.12.2/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g2F9WQqB024595; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:32:26 +0100 Received: from localhost (kernel@localhost) by Expansa.sns.it (8.12.2/8.12.0/Submit) with ESMTP id g2F9VYcw024586; Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:32:26 +0100 Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2002 10:31:34 +0100 (CET) From: Luigi Genoni To: Thunder from the hill Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Martin Eriksson Subject: Re: HPT370 RAID-1 or Software RAID-1, what's "best"? In-Reply-To: <3C90ECDF.8EBC8FD4@ngforever.de> Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.2 required=5.0 tests=SUBJ_ENDS_IN_Q_MARK,IN_REP_TO,NO_MX_FOR_FROM version=2.11 Lines: 56 HPT370 IDE Raid is not really an hardware raid. It is a software Raid, since Linux does not use tha raid implementation that comes with the BIOS, but it uses softwareraid. On Thu, 14 Mar 2002, Thunder from the hill wrote: > Martin Eriksson wrote: > > > What is "best" on Linux 2.4.X (with any appropriate patches) ? > > > > HPT370 RAID-1 or Software RAID-1 ? > > > > And if Software RAID-1 is best of these two, where is it most stable; on an > > i815 chipset, a VIA chipset (686B) or on a promise controller? > > > > I define "best" as: > > * most stable > > * least complex setup > > * least hassle when something goes wrong > > Software RAID is just your disk configuration. But I'd recommend > hardware raid because the rebuild after one disk crash is dog slow with > software raid. This problem been discussed in all possible linux > magazines... > I prefer SCSI RAID5 > > Thunder > -- > begin-base64 755 - > IyEgL3Vzci9iaW4vcGVybApteSAgICAgJHNheWluZyA9CSMgVGhlIHNjcmlw > dCBvbiB0aGUgbGVmdCBpcyB0aGUgcHJvb2YKIk5lbmEgaXN0IGVpbiIgLgkj > IHRoYXQgaXQgaXNuJ3QgYWxsIHRoZSB3YXkgaXQgc2VlbXMKIiB2ZXJhbHRl > dGVyICIgLgkjIHRvIGJlIChlc3BlY2lhbGx5IG5vdCB3aXRoIG1lKQoiTkRX > LVN0YXIuXG4iICA7CiRzYXlpbmcgPX4Kcy9ORFctU3Rhci9rYW5uXAogdW5z > IHJldHRlbi9nICA7CiRzYXlpbmcgICAgICAgPX4Kcy92ZXJhbHRldGVyL2Rp > XAplIExpZWJlL2c7CiRzYXlpbmcgPX5zL2Vpbi8KbnVyL2c7JHNheWluZyA9 > fgpzL2lzdC9zYWd0LC9nICA7CiRzYXlpbmc9fnMvXG4vL2cKO3ByaW50Zigk > c2F5aW5nKQo7cHJpbnRmKCJcbiIpOwo= > ==== > Extract this and see what will happen if you execute my > signature. Just save it to file and do a > > uudecode $file | perl > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/