Johnn Tan spake the following on 8/6/2007 12:51 PM: > Ross S. W. Walker wrote: >> Of course you need physical volumes but look for a storage >> solution that will also run as direct to disk as possible, >> maybe something based on the newer SATA/SAS where the RAID >> logic is built into the enclosure and a plain SATA/SAS >> card is in the server which can be actively shared between >> multiple domUs. >> >> If that is out of your budget then use some type of hardware >> RAID for your volumes to get rid of any use of software RAID >> in dom0 for guest storage. > > I'm not sure what the distinction is between your first paragraph and > the second. When I read the first paragraph, I thought: "hardware RAID" > but it seems like you're referring to something else. In the first paragraph I think he was referring to an external attached storage device with the raid logic built in to itself, and presenting to the outside a scsi or sata connection. In the second paragraph I believe he was referring to a raid card and some drives internal to the server. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!