From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 1 10:08:57 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 549BA16A4CE for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:08:57 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail1.acecape.com (mail1.acecape.com [66.114.74.12]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4523D43D39 for ; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 10:08:56 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from lists@natserv.com) Received: from p65-147.acedsl.com (p65-147.acedsl.com [66.114.65.147]) by mail1.acecape.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id i01I7oEi004820; Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:07:50 -0500 Date: Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:09:23 +0000 (GMT) From: Francisco Reyes X-X-Sender: fran@zoraida.natserv.net To: Scott Mitchell In-Reply-To: <20040101114640.GB675@tuatara.fishballoon.org> Message-ID: <20040101130752.V65501@zoraida.natserv.net> References: <3FF31E4B.1070305@edgefocus.com> <200312311706.25677.jbacon@mcw.edu> <20040101114640.GB675@tuatara.fishballoon.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: Jason Bacon cc: Sean Hafeez cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What do you use? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Jan 2004 18:08:57 -0000 On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Scott Mitchell wrote: > As for RAID, we use Vinum, but only because I inherited a bunch of machines > with hot-swap SCSI bays and no hardware RAID. It works well, once you have > it set up, and I've even managed to swap out failed drives without a reboot > :-) I'll definitely investigate the 3ware cards when I need to build a new > RAID server, though. But wouldn't a 3ware RAID be slower than an SCSI setup? Unless your current setup is using old SCSI disks. Also how is the load? Lots of simultaneous use or just many quick/small access (ie people using documents/spreadsheets).