Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:35:51 -0800 (PST) From: Christopher Nielsen <enkhyl@scient.com> To: Bagnara Stefano <bago@datasail.it> Cc: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: RAID1 Software vs Hardware Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811061332290.455-100000@ender.sf.scient.com> In-Reply-To: <008e01be09a3$88e06880$0f63b1c2@lust.datasail.it>
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On Fri, 6 Nov 1998, Bagnara Stefano wrote: > Date: Fri, 6 Nov 1998 17:35:58 +0100 > From: Bagnara Stefano <bago@datasail.it> > To: freebsd-fs@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: RAID1 Software vs Hardware > > I don't know if this is the correct list (sorry if not), anyway: > > I need to implement a simple raid1 with 2 9gigs SCSI HDD. I need a inexpensive solution ... so i was thinking about a software raid1. > Is it possible? is it too slow? the system will be only a mail server. Your really not going to see very good performance with RAID if you're using only two spindles (i.e., discs). You might want to try going with 4 4G discs, if possible. The question of performance is directly related to exactly how much I/O you're going to be shoving through the discs. "Only a mail server" doesn't really provide enough information, IMHO. > How can i do hw raid with a low cost card?? and.. what card? I'll leave this bit to someone else. :-) -- Christopher Nielsen Scient: The eBusiness Systems Innovator <http://www.scient.com>; cnielsen@scient.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-fs" in the body of the message
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