[svlug] Software Raid

[Marc MERLIN]

On Wed, Jun 12, 2002 at 05:51:46PM -0700, Drew wrote:
> The queries will be frequent and somewhat complex, so I'm thinking a
> quad Xeon.  I agree that disk I/O is the biggest issue.  I guess I'll
> need about 1TB RAID5 to start.  Any suggestions on the RAID hardware?

Yes: don't use any.
Use normal ultra 160 SCSI cards, and software raid 5.

You'll be happy you did

Marc
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