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I have used softrware raid in hundreds of NT
servers for years w/o problems, it is there to use. if for example, there is no
money in the buget for hardware raid controllers, the reality is money is an
issue.
My $.02..........
RE Young MCSE
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Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50
AM
Subject: RE: Hard drive
configuration
That's too funny. I do at least know Hardware
RAID is better than Software RAID. And if NT will allow me to duplex, as
it was suggested by someone else, then that's probably what I'll
do.
I
second this, only ever use Hardware RAID, which RAID config depends on what
you are doing.
When interviewing folks for an open position at my last employer we
had someone say that they thought that software RAID was "slick", that was
the last thing he said that I heard.
Kevin
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Thanks for the info. I will see if I can do
that.
volume sets are notoriously bad - they have a way of
crashing at bad times - I would personally do a raid array witha good
hardware (Adaptec) raid controller.
Jim Zangara, MCSE+I
Special Projects Engineer
Premiere Radio Networks
A Division of Clear Channel Communications
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In my house there's
this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so often I would flick
it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call from a woman in
Germany. She said, "Cut it out." -- Steven Wright
Cool. So, I could create 3 of them as
one volume so I don't have to give each drive a drive letter and then
mirror that volume to the other three drives?
Duplexing to NT is the same as mirroring. Windows
does not care if they are on one controller (mirroring) or on two
controllers (duplexing)
Eric Wittenberg, MCSE CNA ASE
Technical Systems Analyst
3D Computer
Services Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
(780)484 9788 Fax (780) 484 9811
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URL www.3dcomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001
4:58 PM
To: NT
System Admin Issues
Subject: Hard drive
configuration
I currently have a NetWare server with 6 Seagate
ST39175LW drives on 2
Adaptec controllers in
a duplexed configuration. We are going to rebuild
the server as NT 4.0. I don't think NT can
mirror the drives in a duplexed
configuration like the one we currently have. Am I
wrong. If not, what
would be the best
configuration for the drives. I was thinking of adding
a
single drive on the build-in controller
for the OS and using the other 6 for
data
storage. I'm just not sure how I should configure the other
drives.
Thanks, Michelle
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