From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: "Chris Friesen" <cfriesen@nortel.com>
Subject: Re: Linux: Why software RAID?
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:20:35 -0600
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Jeff Garzik wrote:

> But anyway, to help answer the question of hardware vs. software RAID, I 
> wrote up a page:
> 
>     http://linux.yyz.us/why-software-raid.html

Just curious...with these guys 
(http://www.bigfootnetworks.com/KillerOverview.aspx) putting linux on a 
PCI NIC to allow them to bypass Windows' network stack, has anyone ever 
considered doing "hardware" raid by using an embedded cpu running linux 
software RAID, with battery-backed memory?

It would theoretically allow you to remain feature-compatible by 
downloading new kernels to your RAID card.

Chris