[ILUG] Booting a broken raid array

[Pádraig Brady]

Kenn Humborg wrote:
> I'd say get a server with a real hardware RAID setup, like a Dell PERC.

Hardware RAID is worse than software RAID IMHO,
as it's often buggy and just adds extra dependencies.
http://jeremy.zawodny.com/blog/archives/008696.html

Software RAID as well as being simpler, cheaper and
easy to upgrade can also have functional advantages:
http://blogs.sun.com/bonwick/entry/raid_z

Some even suggest that any RAID is bad, so
its use should be carefully considered:
http://www.pugetsystems.com/articles?&id=29

Pádraig.