Re: software or hardware RAID?

From: Rory Campbell-Lange <rory(at)campbell-lange(dot)net>
To: Hans Schou <hans(dot)schou(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: software or hardware RAID?
Date: 2019-03-23 20:58:57
Message-ID: 20190323205857.xbvzuddd4ijxuufa@campbell-lange.net
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On 23/03/19, Hans Schou (hans(dot)schou(at)gmail(dot)com) wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 11:54 PM Rory Campbell-Lange <
> rory(at)campbell-lange(dot)net> wrote:
>
> > We aren't sure whether to use software MDRaid or a MegaRAID card.
>
> Never go with hardRaid. I have had a breakdown on a hardware RAID and as
> it was special and not off-the-shelf, I could not move the disk to another
> controller. I think it was a capacitor, maybe capasitor plaegue.
> Only thing I had to do was to restore to the day before and the customer
> lost one days work.
>
> From that on, I only use softRAID.

Thanks for that advice, Hans.

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