[nylug-talk] How to set up Raid 1 on Ubuntu, Or Linux in gerneral

[sixtyfourbeets]

>*    Software RAID doesn't require proprietary drivers, and many
*>* distros have
*>* options to set up RAID right from the install menu.  It can be a
*>* bit more
*>* tricky if wanting to do something slightly out of the ordinary
*>* [root RAID,
*>* setting up the boot loader to boot from a mirror drive, etc].
*>* There are
*>* HOWTO documents available for setting it up.

Software RAID requires too much system overhead to manage.
I can't say exactly but your system will be using a large portion
of its computing capacity in managing the RAID.
Unless that is what you want the machine to be, basically
a RAID controller.

Steve M
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