[geeks] Big Damn File System....

[Gregory Leblanc]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gil Young [mailto:gjyoung at cfl.rr.com]
> 
> One of the reasons I prefer Solaris over other free OS'es is 
> that it comes 
> with software RAID.  If there was such a beast for Linux on 
> intel hardware, 
> i'd probably consider it for personal use.  But having a SS5 
> cycle system 
> running Sol 8 with mirrored drives, well, it makes me sleep 
> so comfy at 
> night...

Solaris isn't really free, but anyway...  Linux comes with very good
software RAID.  I've found it incredibly stable, and blazingly fast.
There's a HOWTO, and a FAQ.  They're a bit old, but all of the configuration
information is still valid.  The 2.4.x kernels don't need patches.
linux-raid at vger.kernel.org is a good mailing list, if you decide to try it
out.  Some of the BSD's have RAID as well, but it's about as well done as
their package management system (half-way, at best). Later,
	Greg