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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Yes, though slammed hardware RAID a bit. Software RAID has it's place don't<BR>
get me wrong, it's just knowing when and where.<BR>
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Now the problem I have with your approach under the OP's<BR>
requirements is the only way to fit that kinda storage over that long a<BR>
period is with external enclosures and there isn't many systems that have external 4 lane serial storage<BR>
connectors builtin, so one needs a card that can perform that and if you are shopping for a card to do that<BR>
then you might as well get one for a few $100 more that has on board RAID. Also if the OP wanted to switch<BR>
distro's he will not have to worry about losing the RAID configuration or hosing it in the process.<BR>
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From: centos-bounces@centos.org <centos-bounces@centos.org><BR>
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Sent: Tue May 06 20:39:52 2008<BR>
Subject: Re: [CentOS] I need storage server advice<BR>
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The point was, acceptable performance can be had without purchasing a hardware controller. And for archival purposes on a tight budget $500 bucks means one controller for 3 more drives.<BR>
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On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 6:17 PM, John R Pierce <pierce@hogranch.com> wrote:<BR>
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Ross S. W. Walker wrote:<BR>
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Take these benchmarks with a grain of salt.<BR>
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and, more importantly, for the thread at hand, this guy wants an ARCHIVE server, where performance is quite secondary, reliablity and data retention are more important.<BR>
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If he had the budget, I'd be suggesting looking at something like Copan's MAID system.<BR>
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