[Tfug] Software RAID suggestions

[John Gruenenfelder]

One more question about the machines I'm building...

This concerns software RAID.  For a machine that does not need to maximize
drive throughput (i.e. it's primary purpose is *not* a file server), is there
any reason *not* to use software RAID in the Linux kernel?  I've been using it
for years at home and it's always been great.  And it seems to nicely avoid
the problem of incompatible RAID formats one gets from RAID hardware.

I ask this because this new machine will likely have two 1.5TB drives running
in a RAID-1 mirroring configuration.  Most all new motherboards have some sort
of RAID hardware built into them, but I had planned on using the kernel's RAID
facility instead.

Or... might I be better off adding a third drive and using the kernel's RAID-5
system?  Or is that entirely a question of whether or not I need the extra
space?


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