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

[Pann McCuaig]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:25, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> >*    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.

Sounds like an urban myth me. I'd like to see some numbers (I don't have
any, but I've seen several Linux boxen using software RAID trundling
along with no obvious performance hits). YMMV, of course.

Cheers,
 Pann
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