I guess there are a few questions I would ask before I answered. 1) What is your budget? 2) How many users? 3) What OS/Platform are you going to host this on? 4) What are your uptime requirements? 5) What time frame are you looking at?
Garl > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Price [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:26 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [eug-lug]SCSI vs. ATA vs. IDE raid for >1 TB storage array > > > We have an argument going here in the office regarding > how to spec a storage array for a high volume, low-latency production > server > that would need to hold and serve approximately 1-3 TB of maildirs > > (lots of small files being sought by people who get cranky when they > are noticeably slow > in arriving) > > the basic argument is about ata-raid vs. scsi > > It looks like there are a __lot__ of people trying to sell ata-raid > right now, > the question is would that work for our application > > Figured I would ask the knowledgeable and opinionated ( I'll let you > know when I find the list of knowledgable people ;)_ > > _______________________________________________ > EuG-LUG mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug > _______________________________________________ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
