Re: cheap hw raid or raid software?
On Fri, May 24, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Pol Hallen <deben@fuckaround.org> wrote:
> Hi folks!
>
> I've an old pc with Sil3114 hardware raid card. How is reliable this
> cheap hardware?
>
> What is better: use a raid software or a raid hardware with this card?
Sil3114 is NOT hardware RAID. It is fakeRAID.
Hardware RAID cards typically have relatively huge chips with
heatsinks, battery-backed onboard ram, and cost $300+ new.
Go ahead and use software raid instead.
Cheers,
Kelly
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