Re: [TCLUG:22757] Raid and other storage stories

[Ben Kochie <ben@nerp.net>]

my psudo co-worker is a fan of internal raid solutions, I'm a SCSI
attached raid fan.. (i am working to get a $12k disk system for work to
repace 10 old 512mb disks in an old unix box, no raid)  I like the fact
that I can attach disks to multiple hosts, and maybe even share data with
GFS. :)  and I can use any old controler.. mylex or adaptec, or
whatever.  internal raid is cool, because it's fairly fast, and really
cheap.. SAN solutions are generaly slower, atleast in my opinion.  if you
look at internal, look at the mylex extreme raid boards.. i've heard good
things about linux support

Thank You,
        Ben Kochie (ben@nerp.net)

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 "Unix is user friendly, Its just picky about its friends."

On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Kent Schumacher wrote:

> 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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