Re: SATA vs. SCSI, RAID?
From: Frank McCallister (anonymous)
Date: 06/23/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 17:32:28 -0500
Never had any problems with Hardware Raid I couldn't fix! I have seen enough
horror stories on software Raid not booting though to where I won't try it
to find out those first two answers;-}
Frank
"SuperGumby [SBS MVP]" <not@your.nellie> wrote in message
news:%23NZCazWWEHA.712@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi Frank,
>
> Ever seen software SCSI based RAID1 resync on restart for no apparent
> reason?
> Ever seen services fail at such a time due to timing issues during the
> restart/rebuild?
> Ever seen the same problem on hardware based systems?
>
> If your answers are yes, yes, no, your experience is similar to mine.
>
> "Frank McCallister" <anonymous> wrote in message
> news:OcnTrFUWEHA.1952@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Root
>>
>> Well I am not Susan so I can't claim Gender preference but if you don't
>> understand why Hardware Raid isn't safer then we just have to "Agree to
>> Disagree" cause we went to different schools!!!
>>
>> Frank
>> "root" <postmaster@buchanangc.com> wrote in message
>> news:e8tPPsNWEHA.1760@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>> >
>> > "Frank McCallister" <anonymous> wrote in message
>> > news:%23Je8OkNWEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>> >> Hi root
>> >>
>> >> Mark and I have disagreements from time to time but he is Right on on
>> >> this
>> >> one!! Software Raid is useless
>> >
>> > You are flat wrong about that SW RAID 1. MS's SW RAID 1 is just fine
> and
>> > HW
>> > RAID 1 wont be any faster.
>> >
>> >>and Raid 5 is superior to Raid 1 if in your
>> >> Budget.
>> >
>> > And yes as I've said several times RAID 5 is usually the appropriate
>> > solution for other than smaller configurations. That's HW RAID 5.
>> >
>> > If a single HD like a 80GB SATA Raptor will run your server then get
>> > two
>> > and
>> > mirror them(RAID 1) using MS's SW RAID 1. RAID 5 serves no need here
> and
>> > a
>> > fancy HW RAID 1 card also contributes little but cost.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>
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