Hard Vs. Soft raid [cont...]

1999-10-29 Thread DarkMoon
HI, 1st than you all for your help. Now: is it worth it to go with the Mylex Extreme Raid instead of the Accelleraid? its about a 600 US-$ difference. I want to use the Raid on a WWW and DB server, I was thinking to use 9.1 gig IBM drives, 5 HD's and 1 hot spare (obviously raid 5). ANother q

Hard Vs. Soft raid?

1999-10-28 Thread DarkMoon
HI, I was wondering what would be a good hardware raid controller for use with RH 6.1? I'm looking at the Mylex extreme Raid. Is a hardware raid controller worth the money? Is it easier to set up, more reliable, less hassle? Any ideas on this subject will be greatly apreciated. Ralf R. Koto