On Tuesday 20 July 2004 18:04, Ralf Gesellen'setter wrote: [...] > thanks for sharing your experience - I don't think we'll use a DAC > controller. > > On Monday 19 July 2004 22:58, Finn-Arne Johansen wrote: > > I would opt for some well supported SCSI controller, with hotswap > > disks, and set up SWRaid. You still have to read the mail on the main > > server, unless you send your messages elsewere, but it's easy to > > monitor the staus of the raid. > > Does this mean you'd plea to use a plain SCSI PCI controller and doing > RAID-5(?) as software solution? Is it a problem to get a message if a > hardware Raid controller detects a disk failure?
I would _never_ use a software raid controller in a productive environment! It's like having a Porsche on bicycle tires. It will work until there is a problem. But what comes than will be a disaster. Have a look at IPC Vortex controllers they are (mostly) working out of the box. Bye, TT
