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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 2002 22:57:08 -0700 (PDT)
From:      "Andrew P. Lentvorski" <bsder@mail.allcaps.org>
To:        Glen Mehn <glen@burningman.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Poor Mans Software raid 1 on root partition?
Message-ID:  <20020715225138.V82789-100000@mail.allcaps.org>
In-Reply-To: <3D33ABFA.3090408@burningman.com>

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On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, Glen Mehn wrote:

> You can get a 3ware 7210 for $120: http://newegg.com
>
> it'll save you a lOT of time and heartache, and it's not that much $$...

True, but if that 3ware quits making those cards and your card goes, your
data is completely lost.  And what if you choose not to upgrade each time
3ware spins the cards?  How much testing does 3ware do against say the
6000 series?  Can I take my drives on my 68XX card and plug them into a
78XX card and have them work?  What about if 3ware creates an 88XX series?

One significant advantage to software RAID is the fact that you can still
extract your data from the disk even if you have to completely transplant
the disks to different hardware.

-a


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