[Gllug] IDE RAID

[andy at mac1systems.com]

Two things...

Speed and reliability.

Go for the new 133 drives (serial ATA?), but even these are slower than
scsi drives (7000rpm against 10,000rpm).

IDE drive manufacturers now only give 1 year warranty on IDE drives (3yrs
SCSI) and I'm sure they aren't as reliable as thye used to be!

How much more expensive is SCSI?  Price per meg?  Price per hour you fixing
it?

Andy

> We have a requirement for a lot of storage on a server.
>
> I was thinking of using the Adaptec ATA RAID 2400A and 4 x 250 Gb IDE
> drives.
>
> RedHat 9 (or I migh have a go with Debian)
>
> About 800 Gb for £1000ish
>
> A SCSI solution would be MUCH more.
>
> Any advice?
>
> Simon
>
>
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