6 Apr
2003
6 Apr
'03
6:40 a.m.
On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 04:13:28PM -0800, R Parker wrote:
These are an interesting set of opinions that I
don't
agree with. Well, I do agree when reguarding the
original writers design requirements. I'm an advocate
of scsi hardware raid but only for professional
installations because IMO it's overkill and to
expensive for individual work stations.
Note: /I/ was explicitly speaking about IDE RAID, SCSI RAID is very
different, you can take the disk packs out of a SCSI RAID array, and stick
them in a different machine and it will rebuild fine. SCSI RAID striping
scemes are standardised and have been for a long time.
Also, I have never had a SCSI RAID system die on me, nor do I know anyone
who has. This is a sharp contrast to HW IDE RAID.
The latency issues are probably still there, but if they dont cause you
problems then I guess its OK. SCSI seek times are generally faster, so
maybe that helps.
- Steve