Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2001 02:44:36 -0400 From: Lanny Baron <lnb@FreeBSDsystems.COM> To: groggy@iname.com, "freebsd-questions" <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: raid/vinum/ide Message-ID: <01060602443600.98959@panda.FreeBSDsystems.COM> In-Reply-To: <200106060041.QAA12255@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net> References: <200106060041.QAA12255@en26.groggy.anc.acsalaska.net>
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Hi, What you might want will be the IPC Vortex IDE controller. I don't think the drivers are out yet. Check http://people.freebsd.org/~msmith. It looks like a good value solution. -Lanny On Tuesday 05 June 2001 20:41, groggy@iname.com wrote: > i am facing 2 choices i believe after checking out various > ways of providing effective hard drive speed/redundancy for a > DB. it seems RAID 10 is the best way to go if you can afford > the space lost compared to RAID5. so - i am looking for any > recommendations regarding these 2 IDE based methods: > > 1. vinum RAID10 (one drive per IDE controller). > * downside seems to be lack of hot-swappability. > * system needs to come down and be serviced to make a swap. > * vinum maybe slower than a 2 or 4 drive external solution > > 2. Promise external IDE RAID storage with SCSI interface > capable of 4 IDE drive each on their own controller > (UltraTrak100) http://www.promise.com > * expensive ($1500 or so) > * onboard CPU (i dunno how fast this would make RAID5 on it) > * hotswappable IDE interface (ie - user maintainable) > > this will be a production machine whose 24/7 reliability is critical. > please reply off the list as well as i am not subscribed. > i am mainly concerned with A) SPEED B) RELIABILITY/MAINTAINABILITY > > thank you. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~=~= Lanny Baron FreeBSD Systems, Inc. Freedom Technologies Corp. 1.877.963.1900 http://www.FreeBSDsystems.COM To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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