Hardware vs software raid

[Michael Zoet]

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Am 20.10.2011 18:56, schrieb Diego Xirinachs:
> Again, thanks all for the input,
>
> Michael, great information! just to be clear, I meant RAID 1 not 0
> (little typo there).

Ah OK that's fine ;-).


> I currently have RAID 1 software raid on a samba server I mantain. I
> think Im going to use the same type for this server (only that with
> hardware RAID) because of the easy troubleshooting in case of
> failure (just replace RAID card and thats it).

You should be carefull which raid controller you choose. In general
the cheaper the poorer the performance. I had to learn this the hard
way after buying a server for a customer...

>
> Also, I was wondering if you can provide the Dell mailist list
> subscribe link? or where can I find it?

There are 2 (maybe more?) lists:

https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge
https://lists.us.dell.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-poweredge-announce

General Linux starter page from Dell:
http://linux.dell.com/

For now I am really satisified with the Dell support for Ubuntu.

Hope this helps,
Michael
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