Linux Hardware RAID Configuration

[Jeff Garland]

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 08:25:37 -0700, George Toft wrote
> I have the same mobo and am using the RAID1 feature.  Works fine 
> with no drivers.
> 
> Here's how to test your RAID, since you don't have any critical data 
> yet.... pull the SATA drive cable off one drive (sata0) and see if 
> it boots :)  If it boots, then it's working correctly.  Reattach the 
> cable, reboot, and let the mirror rebuild and repeat for the other drive.
> 
> Having used hardware and software RAID, I am a firm believer is 
> software RAID for the following reason:  You can monitor the status 
> of the RAID set via the Linux proc filesyste and generate alerts if 
> it ever breaks.   With this Abit board, I have no idea if the RAID 
> set is broken or not, except to watch BIOS as it reboots.
> 
> There is some pretty good support for S.M.A.R.T. in Linux, and you 
> can use that to monitor the health of the drives.  Combine that with 
> /proc monitoring, and you will have a pretty good monitor for your 
> hard drives.

Thx George -- I'm going to give this a shot.  Just to clarify, you have all
the RAID settings on the mobo turned off so the config is all software?

Jeff