Software vs Hardware RAID

[Dan Ritter]

On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 01:07:40PM -0400, Ben Eisenbraun wrote:
> On Fri, May 25, 2007 at 12:52:26PM -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> > Software RAID: cheap, fast, reliable. No hot swaps, but you can
> > put in a spare disk.
> 
> I think hot swaps are more a function of the chassis and of the 
> disk type than of the RAID implementation, since I've done hot 
> swaps on software RAID with SATA before.

If the driver and hardware are capable, then yes, SATA can do
that. (With specific hardware, the 3Ware PATA RAID controllers
could do hot-swap too.)

-dsr-

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