Actually he never offered any alternatives to RAID where RAID is needed. I gave an example. 25 or 30 users accessing a database, minimum downtime, maximum data protection. What do you do in this situation except RAID? We just had a drive go out in this situation, and if it had not been in a RAID, they'd have been down. Instead, the next day we went in, popped in a new drive and they never even knew. If there are simpler ways to go, I'd definitely like to know.
Mike On Sat, Aug 16, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Tom Piwowar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >You keep saying this, but don't give examples of what better methods there > >are. > > There have been many examples proffered. I think you just don't want to > acknowledge them. I won't repeat Jeff's list, which is quite complete and > very useful for us all. It includes some technologies that are waxing and > some that are waning. I think RAID has gone dark. Some of us have not > gotten there yet. > > I do apperciate Jeff's efforts to write it all down. RAID vs. RAIS is an > interesting concept, that I won't agree with. > > All this is what makes this list special. > > I think we should scale this back to the parameters of the original > question: given a limited budget and the need to protect about 1TB, which > of these technologies make sense? I woule go for DVDs *and* an external > hard drive, but no RAID. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
