Re: Linux: Why software RAID?

Chris Friesen
2006-08-24T05:20:58Z

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