Hi,
I'm building a new server with Asus M2N-SLI Deluxe motherboard, with comes with the nVidia MediaShield Raid support. I'm wondering whether I should use this function and setup my array in the BIOS, or I should use the Linux software RAID and build the array directly from the drives. Please advice.
Every motherboard-based RAID solution is essentially software RAID (provided by a windows driver) in combination with a BIOS patch which allows the system to boot from the disk array.
The software RAID implementation in Fedora 6 should be able to adapt to the on-disk format of most on-board solutions, including the nvidia version, but if you're not planning to boot from the disk array you might want to use the default vendor-independent disk layout which should be easier to migrate to another system if needed.
Klaasjan
