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Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:36:16 -0400 From: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@...hester.rr.com> To: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>, Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Linux RAID Mailing List <linux-raid@...r.kernel.org>, marc@...kel.com Subject: Re: Linux: Why software RAID? On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 02:20:50PM +0100, Alan Cox wrote: > Ar Iau, 2006-08-24 am 09:07 -0400, ysgrifennodd Adam Kropelin: > > Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote: > > with sw RAID of course if the builder is careful to use multiple PCI > > cards, etc. Sw RAID over your motherboard's onboard controllers leaves > > you vulnerable. > > Generally speaking the channels on onboard ATA are independant with any > vaguely modern card. Ahh, I did not know that. Does this apply to master/slave connections on the same PATA cable as well? I know zero about PATA, but I assumed from the terminology that master and slave needed to cooperate rather closely. > And for newer systems well the motherboard tends to > be festooned with random SATA controllers, all separate! And how. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a half-dozen ATA ports these days. And most of them are those infuriatingly insecure SATA connectors that pop off when you look at them cross-eyed... --Adam - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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