lordSauron wrote:
okay... so, let's just say that hypothetically I choose to be a little less than intelligent and try to use the motherboard built-in software RAID. Would that work? Also, I'm a little skeptical of Linux's software RAID being better (ie. faster) than my motherboards. Is there any statistics I can look at in regard to this?
It depends on _how_ the motherboard does RAID. If the motherboard has a true RAID controller that does raid in hardware - then sure, it may beat linux software raid. And it may not - linux certainly beat some not so good hw raid controllers. However if the motherboard "raid" merely is a stupid bios sw raid then linux will perform much better. How to know? If windows need a driver (supplied with the board) to use raid on that controller, but no driver if the controller uses only one disk - then you have one of those common fake raid controller. Another way to know - ifyou have a real hw raid controller, then it was expensive too.
Helge Hafting