Re: RAID Questions

[Kent West <westk@acu.edu>]

On 07/06/2010 11:13 AM, Camaleón wrote:
> On Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:16:17 -0500, Kent West wrote:
>
>    
> > I am a RAID newb.
> >      
> (...)
>
>    
> > In short, I have no idea what I'm doing, or how to do it.
> >      
>
> Second, are you sure you need a raid setup? :-)
>    

Nope; that's why I asked if I should go RAID or some other cloning 
technique.


> You should use (regarding raided or not) a good backup strategy :-)
>    

Yep; I've got an external Buffalo backup appliance that I will also be 
using.


> > If I use RAID, do I set the Intel Rapid Storage Technology BIOS options
> > to RAID1, RECOVERY, or no RAID?
> >      
> I would not go that way (Intel raid tends to be "fake-raid") :-/
>    
> If you want to use pure software raid (linux raid), there is no need to
> setup nothing in the BIOS. Just tell the partitioner you ant to setup a
> raid1 level between the 2 disks.
>    

Ah. That's the piece of information I needed to get around my first 
hurdle. Thanks!


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