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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 01:55:37 -0400 (EDT)
From:      spork <spork@super-g.com>
To:        Brad Knowles <blk@skynet.be>
Cc:        "Brandon D. Valentine" <bandix@looksharp.net>, Mark Powell <M.S.Powell@salford.ac.uk>, Joe Karthauser <joe@pavilion.net>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: How good is AMI MegaRAID support?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.00.10005030148540.25222-100000@super-g.inch.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04220805b533ae83fa7a@[195.238.24.94]>

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On Tue, 2 May 2000, Brad Knowles wrote:

> 	The testing I've done so far confirms what Greg Lehey and 
> everyone else has been telling me all this time -- dedicated RAID 
> controllers just really can't keep up with a good software solution 
> (such as vinum, or even ccd) and modern hardware.  

Last I looked though, vinum cannot protect you from loss of your boot
device.  For some applications this may not be terribly important, but if
you cannot afford to bring the machine down, the hardware solution starts
to look better.

Charles

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