Hi! > As an result: If you need to have FAST disk subsystem - buy SCSI. If you need > large storage or you don't want to pay to much money - buy SATA.
Seconded. SATA offers larger capacity per buck. If price/performance is important, I'd seriously consider the ICP SATA cards. Another note: if you need the fastest disk subsystem you can buy, don't even think about implementing RAID5. Go for 1+0 instead. And buy an ICP card ;-) Another big plus for SCSI: unattended "auto" hot plug. If you have a RAID1+0 with 6 disks and without a hot spare (as we do - we needed "fast" and "as much as we can cram in the box") and if your hot plug backplane ist "SAFE-TE" compliant (another one of those beloved standards), then the cleaning staff could change a broken disk drive. The ICP card will automatically start the necessary rebuild if you exchange a broken disk with a factory new one. This could be important if you need 24x7 and don't have a qualified operator on site all the time. No need to start the RAID config utility. HTH, Patrick M. Hausen Leiter Netzwerke und Sicherheit -- punkt.de GmbH Internet - Dienstleistungen - Beratung Vorholzstr. 25 Tel. 0721 9109 -0 Fax: -100 76137 Karlsruhe http://punkt.de _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"