[mythtv-users] Software RAID problems - the unspoken mythtv problem?

[Blammo]

On 1/8/06, Fedor Pikus <fpikus at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/8/06, Blammo <blammo.doh at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 1/7/06, David Bennett <davidbennett1979 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > hello everyone,
> > >
> > >  I am quite perplexed! Every problem I have ever encountered with
> > > MythTV has been happily solved (and quickly too!) with this forums
> > > help.
> > >
> > > My current problem seems to be different! This will mark the third
> > > time I am asking, and I have yet to receive a response. I'm wondering
> > > if this is the dark secret of mythtv, if I am the only one
> > > experiencing it, or if people are as clueless as to how to solve it as
> > > I am!
> >
> > As I have found (and has Jarod/others) there's a nasty couple of bugs
> > when you combine SWRaid/XFS/NFS together.
> >
> > I fought the combo for almost 2 years before buying a HW Raid card
> > (3ware 9500s) and it was the best money I EVER spent. instant
> > stability
> >
> >
>
> Or just use JFS instead of XFS.
>
> My greatest fear with the hardware raid is what would happen to it if
> something failes in the system itself. If my PC with softRAID dies, I can
> connect the disks to any Linux PC and it will recognize the RAID. At least
> as long as the distribution is similar enough, although I once moved a RAID
> from FC1 with 2.4 kernel to Knoppix with 2.6 kernel and it was detected with
> no problems. If that hardware controller goes, what would you need to get
> your RAID back? Identical controller will work, sure. Will the latest
> controller work, say, after 2 years? And if it does not, what can you do?


Tried JFS / EXT3 / XFS, Tried NFS v2/3/4.  wasn't until I went HWraid
the stability got where it should have been all along.