hw vs sw raid (was Re: [TriLUG] RAID newbie question...)

[Chris Merrill]

Mike Johnson wrote:
> This is an important point, that perhaps may have been missed.  With HW
> RAID, you're pretty much locked in.  If you HW RAID card dies (it
> sucks), you either swap in the spare that you had laying around, hope
> you can find a used one off eBay, or just kiss your data good-bye and
> head for the tapes.  There is no 'standard' for HW RAID data.  Every

Thanks!  I had no idea...


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