Re: software or hardware RAID? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Rory Campbell-Lange
Subject Re: software or hardware RAID?
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Msg-id 20190323205857.xbvzuddd4ijxuufa@campbell-lange.net
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In response to Re: software or hardware RAID?  (Hans Schou <hans.schou@gmail.com>)
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On 23/03/19, Hans Schou (hans.schou@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 11:54 PM Rory Campbell-Lange <
> rory@campbell-lange.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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