> > I am hoping the newer SATA II drives will provide SCSI performance at a > reasonable price. It would be interesting to see if anyone has polled ISP's > to see what they're using. I know they charge more (or at least they used > to) for SCSI drives if you are renting a server from them. It would be > interesting to see what their failure rate is on IDE vs SCSI vs SATA. > > Mike > > By newer SATA II drivers, are you referring to SAS drives?
There is a great article on Tom's hardware on SAS drives as a replacement for standard SCSI: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/04/07/going_the_sas_storage_way/index.html My company is in the process of switching to direct attached SAS arrays for our database servers, as part of a scale-out model. We've done testing between SATA, SCSI, and SAS arrays, and the SCSI and SAS systems were very comparative. The number of disks in the array seemed to have a larger effect then the type of disk. SAS also has more fiber like features then SCSI, making it better suited for HA environments. Just something else to consider. Regards, Scott Tanner Sys Admin www.amientertainment.net -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
