Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 21:12:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Tom <tom@sdf.com> To: David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net> Cc: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>, scsi@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: External RAID boxes (was Re: AHC errors. Bad disk or bad firmware, or bug in driver ?) Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9908102110160.23357-100000@misery.sdf.com> In-Reply-To: <199908110231.VAA50838@nospam.hiwaay.net>
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On Tue, 10 Aug 1999, David Kelly wrote: > Mike Tancsa writes: > > Unfortunately my budget is limited. I dont want to go with the cheapest > > solution out there, nor can I afford the most expensive. For me, an > > external RAID box will be a step up rather than relying on tape backups and > > retiring old drives before they might have a chance to fail. > > At the prices I've seen tossed about, one could purchase twice as many > drives and use vinum in a simple mirrored mode. Or better yet, buy a > RAID-5 module from Greg Lehey? Except for failure of the boot or swap drive. Can swap be located within vinum volumes? Vinum is ok to prevent data loss. Not much better than a standalone disk for uptime. Tom To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-scsi" in the body of the message
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