Skip site navigation (1)Skip section navigation (2)
Date:      Wed, 2 Jul 2003 00:06:21 -0600
From:      "Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC" <chad@shire.net>
To:        freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org
Subject:   sata versus ultra160 using 10k enterprise type drives
Message-ID:  <4D5D9440-AC53-11D7-B3D4-003065A70D30@shire.net>

next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help

I currently use an Adaptec 2100S and some Fujitsu 10K U160 drives.  I 
am going to a new server (FBSD5) to run in parallel and eventually 
replace my FBSD4 server using the adaptec.

I am looking at either a highpoint or promise SATA 4 channel raid 
controller and the 36gb western digital raptor 10K enterprise sata 
drives (not typical ata/sata type mechanisms).  It is much cheaper and 
the drives have a similar performance and MTBF rating to the normal 10K 
U160 drives.

I was wondering if anyone had any sort of comparison on performance in 
a raid 1 or a raid 5 (4 drives) type configuration comparing a typical 
U160 setup to the enterprise level SATA setup.

Server use is for web and email serving etc.

thanks
Chad



Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?4D5D9440-AC53-11D7-B3D4-003065A70D30>