[PlanetCCRMA] software raid a good idea?

[Fernando Lopez-Lezcano]

On Sat, 2006-05-13 at 09:56 +0200, Peter Baumgartner wrote:
> Chris Howard schrieb:
> > I purchased a second identical SATA drive for my new
> > system (Dell E510)  The motherboard has ICH7 raid on it.
> >
> > But from what I read, I can't get that running with FC4.
> > I'm not sure I have the knowledge to attempt an FC5
> > install of planetCCRMA at this point.
> >
> > Should I  
> > 1 - forget raid (mirroring) and just use it as a second drive
> > 2 - wrestle with FC5
> > 3 - go with software raid
> >
> > ?
> >
> > Are there performance penalties for using either the ICH7 or the
> > software raid for mirroring?
>
> Hi Chris,
> I īd say, that depends on the number of tracks, you want to work with. 
> On my EVO W6000 I get 16 - 18 tracks on a 10k Cheetah ;-/. Surprisingly 
> a 300G Barracuda (IDE) makes more than 30 tracks. Let me warn you of 
> softraid: It consumes the CPU power you need for JACK, plugins .......
> And - beware of FC5 for now, it installs on the dual-xeon, but refuses 
> to start up ( ..... starting udev -> bang, freeze). Better wait, until 
> Fernando has trimmed it!

Which kernel are you trying to boot? Does this happen also with the
latest stock kernel from Fedora?

-- Fernando