From: Adam Kropelin <akropel1@rochester.rr.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org>,
Linux Kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux RAID Mailing List <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>,
marc@perkel.com
Subject: Re: Linux: Why software RAID?
Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2006 09:36:16 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060824093616.K30362@mail.kroptech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1156425650.3007.140.camel@localhost.localdomain>; from alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk on Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 02:20:50PM +0100
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@garzik.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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-08-24 13:36 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-08-24 3:34 Linux: Why software RAID? Jeff Garzik
2006-08-24 4:22 ` Richard Scobie
2006-08-24 8:19 ` Jeff Garzik
2006-08-24 20:08 ` Richard Scobie
2006-08-24 5:20 ` Chris Friesen
2006-08-24 5:25 ` H. Peter Anvin
2006-08-26 20:55 ` Dan Williams
2006-08-24 5:43 ` Mattias Wadenstein
2006-08-24 13:07 ` Adam Kropelin
2006-08-24 13:20 ` Alan Cox
2006-08-24 13:36 ` Adam Kropelin [this message]
2006-08-24 13:42 ` Gordon Henderson
2006-09-04 17:29 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-08-24 14:55 ` Mark Lord
[not found] ` <44EDB843.2020608@perkel.com>
2006-08-24 15:21 ` Alan Cox
2006-09-04 17:31 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-09-04 17:31 ` Joel Jaeggli
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-08-26 3:50 linux
2006-08-26 12:18 ` Raz Ben-Jehuda(caro)
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