[mythtv-users] Linux software raid question

[Carl L. Gilbert]

On Wed, 2008-06-04 at 15:58 -0400, Dan Ritter wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 04, 2008 at 03:11:54PM -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> > >> runs smartmon no problem.  Plus there is a web interface to manage the
> > >> drives from within the OS.
> > >
> > > That's not an advantage.
> > >
> > Webmin provides this on linux.
> 
> That's still not an advantage.
> 
> When you really need to use a disk configuration tool, you will
> be neck-deep in alligators. You may have a serial console or a
> text console that can't do X and may not have a network
> capability. You may be three thousand miles away and need to
> bring the disks up before you do anything else.
> 
You mean mount the partitions don't you?  HW RAID comes up before the OS
so you won't be bringing it up across the network from a remote
location.  Still this is LInux so of course there are command line
tools.