RAID software raid... confusion easy ubuntu method ?

[Cary Bielenberg]

Gabriel,
I found a site with some great information I have attached a pdf with my 
cheat sheet that works a treat!


Cary

Gabriel Noronha wrote:
> A New computer arrived today. 
>
> What i want do to with it ? use the 2 x 500 GB drives in RAID 1 to have
> a ubuntu desktop install and vmware, which will contain a windows 2000
> install to support old legacy software. 
>
> Need help with: RAID and should i 64 bit or not. 
>
> The Motherboard is a giga-byte GA-P35-DS3P [0] which contains a Intel
> ICH9R RAID controller, i didn't really know about software RAID when i
> brought it and thought intel good they support linux and Phoronix [1]
> gave it 9/10 in a review it all must work 
>
> Ok i've discovered it's a software raid... and what that means... (poor
> linux support) 
>
> The software raid seems horrible, and I'm not sure where to go from now
> on ? 
>
> What are my options for getting a RAID1 set up keeping in mind i
> actually *only* want Ubuntu on this machine ?
>
> Is there a linux software raid which is nicer than the one which has to
> work with windows ?
>
> 2nd question will installing 64bit ubuntu make vmware more buggy ? 
>
> Aside question since every 2nd new motherboard these days ships with
> "RAID" why is it so hard to set it up on Ubuntu. 
>
> Gabriel
>
> [0]
> http://www.giga-byte.com.au/Products/Motherboard/Products_Overview.aspx?ProductID=2630
> [1] http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=832&num=1
>
>
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