Thanks!
Bob
Jesse Keating wrote:
On Thursday 11 December 2003 17:35, Xose Vazquez Perez wrote:
'more' is not the word ;-), it's _much more_
raid isn't cheap. Promise and BCM aren't true hardware raid last time I checked, you're still using your own CPU to calculate raid operations. Especially harmfull when doing raid 5.
Yes, they aren't RAID boards. But Linux_soft_raid is cheaper, more secure and flexible and not slower. I don't see any case where is the best a low end RAID board than Linux_soft_raid.
For 2 drive stuff, sure maybe. But we deal with 4/8/12/16 drive chassis, all on 3ware stuff. I don't think software raid can handle those situations. Especially not with remote web configurations, alerts (included, not build your own), etc...
Software raid has it's place, and it's cheap, but the Original Poster asked for a hardware solution. The only solution I would consider is a 3ware solution.
-- Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA http://greenbeltcomputer.biz/
