[mythtv-users] ATA RAID Question

[Bryan Murphy]

If all you want is RAID1 with two IDE drives, just use the software raid:

    http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html

I'm running a software raid right now (one IDE drive + CDROM on my primary
IDE connection, and the second RAID drive on my secondary IDE connection)
and it works fantastically well!  Be aware, though, I had to make a 
change to

    /etc/defaults/raid2

in order to get my RAID to start at bootup.  I haven't seen this documented
anywhere (this is on Debian unstable).

Bryan

>>>I am looking for a recommendation for an ATA RAID controller.
>>>Anyone have a
>>>pleasant experience with one they would like to share?  Also, any
>>>opinions
>>>on whether this would make a difference in a system with 512 MB of
>>>RAM and a
>>>PVR-250?  In read/write intensive apps like Oracle OLTP databases,
>>>we see a
>>>huge improvement with RAID 1 or RAID 1+0 and Myth seems fairly IO
>>>intense
>>>while recording or buffering Live TV.  Thanks in advance.
>>>
>>>Karl Rautenstrauch
>>>Systems Administrator
>>>Energy Marketing and Trading
>>>Florida Power and Light
>>>      
>>>