> Aaah....seems I had it backwards. Thanks. > Well, SATA (SATA II) has pretty much eclipsed both IDE and SCSI in desktop and smaller/lower demand server class machines. IDE is heading toward the direction of becoming dead in the HDD arena. SCSI is hanging in there, but SAS is starting to edge its way into the SCSI world. Continual improvement...
I just got my latest Dell PowerEdge 840 the other day. Dual Core, 4Gb RAM, hot-swap cage with dual 250 SATA II RAID 0 or 1 HDDs. Dell supports Windows Server 2008, Red Hat Linux and Novel Suse Linux Server Enterprise v-10. I decided to give Ubuntu v-8.04 Server a crack, and order Suse Linux if I could not Ubuntu to work as needed with the RAID HDDs with RAID1. Well, last night I installed Ubuntu. It had no problem whatever seeing the 250Gb RAID1 array. After getting Ubuntu installed and updated I pulled one of the HDDs out, and the machine ran just fine. I pushed it back in and the system began its synching process, which can take a while. It was 02:30 by then, and I hit the sack. Today's venture will include pulling out the other HDD and making certain the machine still works properly, after which I will push that drive back in and let it re-synch. Then after it re-synchs I plan to pull on of the drives out again and swap in the spare hot-swap 250Gb SATA HDD, and let the system synch up, just to make certain the system will work correctly with Ubuntu for the purpose I got RAID for. The default RAID level with the RAID controller was RAID1, and can be changed in its firmware during the system bootup. But I do not want RAID0, so I am leaving it as is. I would have loved to have RAID5, but I read recently that it is not supported with Linux... Oh well, RAID1 will do plenty well. I also got a set of Seagate Freeagent Extreme 1.5Tb eSATA II HDD units and an dual port eSATA PCI-Express card. After I am done testing the boot drives with RAID1 recovery and synching I plan to pop that sucker in and test the eSATA HDDs for recovery when one goes down (gets pulled out). After I get that all set up I plan to use the eSATA II HDDs to store a PostgreSQL database. Lots of room to grow. All of the system will be backed up n a 3 Freeagent Extreme 1.5 Tb HDD via a USB2 connection. Okay, enough gabbing for me. Time to go play with my RAID1 testing. If the system ain't gonna recover and re-synch as expected, now is the time to find out <g>... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com]on Behalf Of MB Software Solutions > General Account > Sent: Saturday, January 31, 2009 7:46 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: SCSI drives and VFP data tables > > > Paul McNett wrote: > > SCSI has always been more reliable than IDE. But it is now pretty > antiquated. > > > Aaah....seems I had it backwards. Thanks. > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ndbblhfmcdkpegpoiiapmemcbhab....@gilhale.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
