Re: Linux: Why software RAID?

Mattias Wadenstein
2006-08-24T05:43:34Z

On Wed, 23 Aug 2006, Chris Friesen wrote:

> 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?

I'd expect this to be the reason why md offload support to xor engines and
whatever turns up. It makes very little sense for a modern server/desktop
CPU, but for the embedded ones it does.

/Mattias Wadenstein