On 05/18 02:45 , Jeffrey J. Kosowsky wrote:
> But I was under the impression that for smaller systems one is better
> off with software RAID since with hardware RAID if your card dies then
> you may be stuck with a proprietary inaccessible RAID unless you can
> find another similar hardware RAID card...

There are always tradeoffs. :)
3ware cards aren't hard to come by. Administrator time is. (These of course
are relative statements and YMMV).

If you have the hardware within kicking range you have a different set of
problems than I do (most of my backuppc instances are effectively 'lights
out' operations).

-- 
Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
www.real-time.com

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