Re: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID

From: Noons <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au>
Date: 21 Oct 2003 14:36:39 -0700
Message-ID: <73e20c6c.0310211336.6962c542@posting.google.com>

"Jonathan Lewis" <jonathan_at_jlcomp.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<bn3ob9$med$1$830fa7a5_at_news.demon.co.uk>...
> >
> Of course, as Cary Millsap points out when asked, the I
> in RAID stands for Inexpensive - so how much does each
> oodle of battery-backed cache cost ?

Heh! Inexpensive, eh? He hasn't been checking the prices of most SANs! :D

Mind you, with memory prices coming down like they are: bloody unreal, just got 512Mb DDR for my home PC, A$140!

The way this is going the expensive bit in battery-backed cache is gonna be the battery...

Cheers
Nuno Souto
wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au.nospam Received on Tue Oct 21 2003 - 16:36:39 CDT