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Old 04-18-2006, 09:25 AM   #1
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Question Software RAID in Red Hat Linux Enterprise 4

I am pretty new to Linux world and trying to get a taste of it...
Can somebody please explain me about Software RAID used in Enterprise Linux?

I know Hardware RAID is created by comibing two or more hard disks together...

But what about Software RAID.. what could be benefit of creating Software RAID?

Thanks for any input!

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Old 04-18-2006, 06:26 PM   #2
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Not to sound flippant, but software RAID is just like RAID without the hardware(controller).
Advantages are allegedly cost, according to RH.
 
Old 04-20-2006, 11:20 AM   #3
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If you have a hardware RAID I would suggest using the hardware RAID. However if you are on a system that does not have a hardware RAID, then the software RAID can be used without spending any addition money. We have also used software RAID to mirror between two different SAN devices.
 
Old 04-21-2006, 10:09 AM   #4
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Below are a few sites that between the 2 can answer almost any RAID question.

http://linas.org/linux/Software-RAID...re-RAID-2.html
http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html
 
Old 04-24-2006, 02:03 PM   #5
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Thanks for everybody's input.

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