Yes, though slammed hardware RAID a bit. Software RAID has it's place don't
get me wrong, it's just knowing when and where.
Now the problem I have with your approach under the OP's
requirements is the only way to fit that kinda storage over that long a
period is with external enclosures and there isn't many systems that have
external 4 lane serial storage
connectors builtin, so one needs a card that can perform that and if you are
shopping for a card to do that
then you might as well get one for a few $100 more that has on board RAID. Also
if the OP wanted to switch
distro's he will not have to worry about losing the RAID configuration or
hosing it in the process.
-Ross
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Tue May 06 20:39:52 2008
Subject: Re: [CentOS] I need storage server advice
The point was, acceptable performance can be had without purchasing a hardware
controller. And for archival purposes on a tight budget $500 bucks means one
controller for 3 more drives.
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM, John R Pierce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
Take these benchmarks with a grain of salt.
and, more importantly, for the thread at hand, this guy wants an
ARCHIVE server, where performance is quite secondary, reliablity and data
retention are more important.
If he had the budget, I'd be suggesting looking at something like
Copan's MAID system.
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