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Re: Cheap RAID system recommendation?

From: Rich Teer <rich_at_rite-group.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2002 01:34:47 GMT
Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.44.0208201831350.16901-100000@grover.rite-group.com>


On Tue, 20 Aug 2002, Rick Denoire wrote:

> >Nope. Not SCSI. You'll be very lucky if you hit 50 and it won't be
> >sustained...
>
> Not even Ultra160??
>
> Shocked.

You're making the (all too common, alas) mistake of confusing the speed of the bus with the speed of the drive. The Ultra 160 bus can tranfer 160 MB/S (or whatever), but you'll need several drives operating in parallel to achieve that. The individual drives will be much more limited.

Regarding the original question, remember the old tenet:

        Fast, safe, or cheap: pick two.

It's as true today as it's always been...

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Received on Tue Aug 20 2002 - 20:34:47 CDT

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