Linux Hardware RAID Configuration

[George Toft]

No - I have everything set up in BIOS - no software RAID at all.

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Jeff Garland wrote:
> 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
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