Well it really depends on your use and the ammount youre willing to spend.
If money is no consern then I would sudjest SAN. It has the highest
reliability, however it's also the most expencive. You could get a Photon
from SUN that will hold 18 10,000 rpm drives, for about $64,000 (with out
the drives.) You could probably get a JBod from Rorke Data for much less
than that. With SAN there is no distance limitation, unless your storage
device is more then 10km away, plus you get 1gb/sec transfer rate, thats
ofcource if you go with fibre. For shorter distances, you can use a copper
serial cable. Although its a bit slower, its still faster than SCSI.
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----- Original Message -----
From: Kent Schumacher <kent at structural-wood.com>
To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:58 AM
Subject: [TCLUG:22757] Raid and other storage stories


> I'm brainstorming (with myself!) storage solutions for a
> Linux based X-Windows applications server.
>
> What are people out there using?
>
> Internal SCSI RAID, external SCSI attached RAID, NAS, SAN, ???.
>
> How do you rate things for performance, price, and reliability?
> Are there any things to be concerned about under linux?
>
> I'm not looking for definitive HOWTO's, I'm just wondering about
> the groups personal experiences and opinions.
>
> Reliability is probably primary.  I would like to set it up, lock
> my office door, crawl out the window and walk down the tracks to
> the bar every day for the next five years without any inconvenient
> admin crap to do...
>
> We all have our dreams...
> Kent
>
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