[mythtv-users] RAID suggestions?

Bill Williamson bill at bbqninja.com
Tue Oct 30 23:48:49 UTC 2007


On 10/30/07, Jay R. Ashworth <jra at baylink.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 30, 2007 at 10:56:57AM +0000, David Greaves wrote:
> > Jay R. Ashworth wrote:
> > > A disadvantage of software RAID is that a) it's a moving target: if you
> > > upgrade your kernel, your RAID drivers change,
> >
> > Not so sure. Yes the drivers do change. They fix bugs, they add features. They
> > don't however break backwards compatibility.
>
> Asssuming you're lucky.
>
> A hardware RAID controller which is not updated *certainly* will not
> break backwards compatibility.  :-)


And when any of the following happens:
-your last raid card (and it's 5 years old, and no longer available) dies
-you upgrade systems to one that no longer has the slot required for
your raid card
-etc....

What then?


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