RAID1 Intel Mobo DQ45CB1 or DG45ID compatible with Ubuntu or need drivers?

[Liam Proven]

On Tue, Mar 16, 2010 at 6:18 PM, Andres Salazar <ndrsslzr80 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Iam about to purchase either a DQ45CB1 or DG45ID Intel motherboard to
> be able to take advantage of configuring RAID 1 in the BIOS with two
> hard disks.
>
> Anybody know if any of these two are compatible with ubuntu 9.10? Or
> would it not recognize what iam trying to achieve?
>
> Thanks
>
> Andres

The Linux kernel has its own software RAID system which is far more
versatile than most inexpensive so-called "firmware RAID" systems
integrated into ordinary PC or workstation motherboards. Sometimes you
may still find proper hardware RAID controllers onboard, but only on
expensive high-end workstation or server-class motherboards, as the
chips alone cost more than a hard disk or two these days.

Don't bother with motherboard RAID. Use the software RAID that is built in.

This way, if you need to, you can move the disks to another machine if
the motherboard fails, too. You can't do that with firmware RAID or
even many hardware RAID setups unless you have an *identical* host
machine.

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