[mythtv-users] Should I use LVM on this new raid?

Jay R. Ashworth jra at baylink.com
Mon Sep 24 00:10:09 UTC 2007


On Sat, Sep 22, 2007 at 11:28:02PM +1000, Roo wrote:
> There is a distinct possibility of a hardware raid controller failure,
> if you don't need sheer throughput then software raid has a lot going
> for it. It allows the array to be rebuilt on another machine
> independent of the controller card.

Software RAID is the antichrist.

:-)

Buy two raid cards, leave one in the bag on the shelf.

Cheers,
-- jra
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