From owner-freebsd-hardware Wed Nov 20 9:35:49 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DA0A537B401 for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:35:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (external.osdn.org.ua [212.40.34.156]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ACF9C43E4A for ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 09:35:43 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: from kurush.osdn.org.ua (never@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6) with ESMTP id gAKHZXTP032259; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:35:33 +0200 (EET) (envelope-from never@kurush.osdn.org.ua) Received: (from never@localhost) by kurush.osdn.org.ua (8.12.6/8.12.6/Submit) id gAKHZXPn032258; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:35:33 +0200 (EET) Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 19:35:33 +0200 From: Alexandr Kovalenko To: David Huttleston Jr Cc: freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Designing server: help needed Message-ID: <20021120173533.GA32190@nevermind.kiev.ua> References: <20021120163827.GA29052@nevermind.kiev.ua> <63507.192.168.1.254.1037811617.squirrel@overhill.hddesign.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=koi8-r Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <63507.192.168.1.254.1037811617.squirrel@overhill.hddesign.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello, David Huttleston Jr! On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 11:00:17AM -0600, you wrote: > SCSI RAID is -much- faster for servers with heavy disk writing > requirements. e.g. database submissions. ATA RAID uses much > cheaper disks and is usually plenty fast for read-intensive serving. > e.g. a typical web server. So it depends on what you expect your > server to do. Yeah, I know. I need "success/failuer stories". For first time I considering ATA RAID, then -- External SCSI RAID solution. > > I need to assemble server for some memory/disk/CPU-consuming tasks. I've > > already decided these parts: > > > > CPU: 2xP-IV 2GHz > > RAM: 512Mb > > Motherboard: ServerWorks SE7500CW2 > > > > Now I need to choose storage solution for it. I have two chioces: > > - SCSI RAID; > > - ATA RAID; > > - External ATA/SCSI RAID. > > > > I would like to ask you about what SCSI/ATA/External RAIDs are showed > > good in your practice. -- NEVE-RIPE Ukrainian FreeBSD User Group http://uafug.org.ua/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message