Installing Ubuntu 9.10 on Dell M6400 with Raid

[Stephen]

Note Intel is probably the best of the firmware/softraids


On 11/7/09, Joseph Sinclair <plug-discussion at stcaz.net> wrote:
> Matthew,
>   The "hardware" RAID that is built into most desktop motherboards
> (including yours) is not really hardware RAID it's software RAID in bios.
> Running with software RAID in Linux is actually better than the horribly
> limited BIOS-based software RAID.  The onboard RAID in consumer motherboards
> is intended to allow gamers to run a limited RAID in Windows, it's a waste
> of MB space and power for Linux users (and I prefer machines without it,
> except there aren't many available any more).
> Real hardware RAID is important in server systems when the reliability is
> critical and the better performance with external arrays is worth the extra
> $1000 or so for a real ASIC-based battery-backed hardware RAID card with
> it's own cache RAM.  For home use it's just not worth it.
> Software RAID is pretty effective in Linux, and you'll almost certainly be
> fine with performance unless you're running an ancient single-core CPU or a
> tiny little atom chip.
>
> ==Joseph++
>
> Matthew A Coulliette wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I was trying to install Ubuntu 9.10 on my new Dell Precision M6400, that
>> I bought from the Dell Depot.
>>
> <<Details Snipped>>>
>>
>> If anybody knows how to setup hardware raid with ubuntu 9.10 (karmic
>> koala), I would love to hear about it.
>>
>> MatthewMPP
>
>
>

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