On Wed, 2007-05-23 at 11:12 +0200, Klaasjan Brand wrote: > > On 5/22/07, Gilboa Davara <gilboad@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Unlike the nVidia RAID, Linux' software RAID: > A. ... can use partition instead of full drives (In your case: > 5x300GB > in RAID5/md0 and 4x200GB in RAID/md1) > B. ... can be moved to a different. Just connect the driver to > a new > machine, no matter which SATA controller is being used, and > it'll work > out of the box. > C. ... scales much better, as the CPU power increases. > > Not really since nvidia RAID is driver-based you're using the Linux > software RAID implementation regardless of the way you configure it. > The only difference is the on-disk format (and the fact the BIOS can > boot from the nvidia format, but not the Linux-native format) and that > the Linux format is a bit more flexible. > I'm not sure, but I suppose the Linux software RAID driver should be > able to mount the nvidia format, even when the controller in use is > not nvidia-based. > .... Are you sure? AFAIK dmraid != softraid. Either way, if your machine dies with the nVidia RAID, you have zero chance of putting the drives in a new machine and getting them to work out of the box. With software RAID, it's just a matter of connecting the power cable... - Gilboa
