I think you meant 'if you're NOT really concerned about performance.'
The benchmarks I've seen for array controllers come nowhere near the
performance of a software-based array on a simple SMP server. For one
thing, the processor on, say, a DPT or ICP RAID controller is nowhere
near as powerful as an Intel Celeron, much less a DEC Alpha. Comments?
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Jeremy Stanley Trend CMHS
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> From: Theo Van Dinter[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, September 02, 1999 6:21 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: partition size limit
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> and if you're really concerned about performance, I'd suggest a
> hardware-based RAID setup (either RAID controller or external RAID
> enclosure). it also makes administration a little easier (don't have
> to muck
> around with how to boot, etc, etc.) I've had great successes with the
> PowerRAID stuff from Zzyzx (www.zzyzx.com).
>
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