Re: Compaq DL 380 And Smart Array

From: Ralph <rlro99_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 10 Jul 2003 03:59:21 -0700
Message-ID: <e2c49cae.0307100259.2acc190d@posting.google.com>

andkovacs_at_yahoo.com (Andras Kovacs) wrote in message news:<412ebb69.0307090442.5b9236c8_at_posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> We have a very dynamic database here that grows 400Gb per year. At
> present we have a Compaq DL 380 with 2 Smart Array 5300 controllers
> (each with 2 channels). We need a better throughput on the Raids. We
> have to stay with HP-Compaq products for corporate reasons.
>
> I was thinking about buying two Smart Array 5304 controllers ( with 4
> channels each).
>
> What other product should we have a look on ?

I have a similar server (not running oracle), using two 5304 controllers connectined to 56 x 15k drives in raid 1+0. I can copy from one card (26 disks attatched) to the other (26 disks also atattched) at a breathtaking 80mb/s or about 6mb per spindle for sustained writing...

What sort of throughput are you seeing with your setup? I wasn't very impressed with mine...

Good luck with these shoddy products.

Cheers

Ralph. Received on Thu Jul 10 2003 - 05:59:21 CDT