hi i plan when windows 10 ends support i go from partially (dualbooting) linux to fully using it is it even safe to do raid and install linux on it or will it cause problems and the only option for a raid config is “intel rst” thanks for any help

  • Wispy2891@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Remember that raid isn’t a backup but just a way to minimize downtime if one of the disks breaks (except raid 0)

  • rhys@lemmy.rhys.wtfEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’d suggest it depends on your hardware setup. If you have sufficient disks and care about availability and/or performance of your data access, RAID is rarely a bad idea.

    If you choose to do a software RAID in Linux without Intel RST, you have three main options: mdadm, LVM, and ZFS. You can explore those options on your own, but my personal view is that ZFS is wonderful to work with and comes with tons of benefits itself alongside its ZRAID implementation, making it my preferred choice.

    edit: I forgot btrfs! I have no experience of it but I imagine its RAID implementation is as similarly awesome as ZFS/ZRAID.

  • BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    If you go for RAID, I would advise for software RAID rather than hardware (i.e provided by your motherboard or a physical car). Hardware RAID will lock you to the particular motherboard or RAID card, which would represent an additional hurdle when upgrading or replacing it.

    • Mwa@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      2 months ago

      oh okay ik intel rst is software raid that is windows only but with software raid how do i install a os on it do you need to configure it throught the linux liveusb? and which raid should i use aswell raid 0 raid 5 raid 10 etc

      • Im_old@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        2 months ago

        You can configure the software raid during installation of Linux, when you define partitions/disks configuration.

        And for the love of Linus use punctuation please, makes reading what you write quite hard otherwise!

        • Mwa@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          2 months ago

          You can configure the software raid during installation of Linux, when you define partitions/disks configuration.

          I assume through the terminal/asking help from my distro for this, since my distro(cachyos) use calaimares installer.

          And for the love of Linus use punctuation please, makes reading what you write quite hard otherwise!

          Okay