John White wrote:
> IMHO, no software mirroring scheme is going to do the trick. AND
> they're overwhelmingly expensive.
As to the latter point, isn't DiskSuite included in your Solaris license
these days? (not sure about other OSes, but generally a simple software
RAID solution is in most Unices nowadays).
On the former point: why is such a huge proportion of the world doing their
mirroring with software RAID (generally Veritas) including some HUGE solaris
installations (Sun seems quite keen on Veritas).
> Software RAID is, again IMHO, not suitable for making your queue
> redundant or quick.
I've met many people who are of the opinion that software RAID is no slower
than most hardware RAID. Or is the 'most' the important word here?
-Matt
