Re: [Hampshire] Strange overflow messages when backing up

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Author: Hugo Mills
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Strange overflow messages when backing up

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gpg: failed to create temporary file '/var/lib/lurker/.#lk0x57a70100.hantslug.org.uk.23239': Permission denied
gpg: keyblock resource '/var/lib/lurker/pubring.gpg': Permission denied
gpg: Signature made Sat Nov 3 09:53:21 2007 GMT
gpg: using DSA key 20ACB3BE515C238D
gpg: Can't check signature: No public key
On Sat, Nov 03, 2007 at 09:11:41AM -0000, Vic wrote:
> At some point in the distand past, Lisi had the attribution removed from:
> > The
> > SATA card I have seems to have the possibility of a RAID, but again, I
> > don't know how to use it.
>
> My recommendation would be not to bother - the Linux software RAID is
> quick enough that you probably won't notice the processing overhead, and
> gives you the added bonus that you won't be dependent on any particular
> hardware vendor for your RAID.


Or, as is more likely the case, the "RAID" on the card is actually
implemented (badly) in software in the manufacturer's closed-source
driver, so there's no hardware acceleration involved, and you're
actually better off using the Linux native software-RAID
implementation.

Hugo.

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