Re: Hardware RAID vs. Software RAID

How can doubling the disk requirements so that you can run RAID 1 be "inexpensive"?

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Brian

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> > > Throw in oodles of battery-backed cache and most problems
> > > even out. Some boxes are of course smarter than others
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> > 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 ?
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