specs for running 35 machines

[Jonathan D. Proulx]

On Wed, Aug 15, 2007 at 04:00:50PM +0100, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

:Another debate is whether to use software or hardware RAID.  Linux's
:software RAID is very capable, although it comes at some CPU and PCI
:bandwidth cost.  On the other hand, you remove a lot of worries like:
:
: - replacing controllers that die
: - proprietary driver/firmware/kernel compatibilities
: - proprietary user space tools for array status/problem reporting
: - sourcing the right disk to replace failed ones
: - you can have any of the above RAID configs 
:
:Having been through some bad times with hardware RAID controllers, I
:personally tend to favour linux MD now.


I'll second sorftware RAID over a PCI controller for the saem
reasons. Though if you're buying BIG external storage there are some
nice (and expensive) hardware RAID boxes out there.

-Jon