...but for some reason the controllers and external arrays seem to work much better when used with servers other than those manufactured by IBM.
As long as you don't use RAID configurations with an "e" after the number, that is. All the best, Andy > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Peoples [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 5. juni 2002 00:27 > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: kinda OT - RAID on the exchange server > > > I'll second that. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Soysal, Serdar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2002 12:45 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: kinda OT - RAID on the exchange server > > > We have a number of the x series that support that > configuration. Their RAID controllers are very unpredictable > and I can't believe the rate of disk failures. > > > > Serdar Soysal > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Andy Grafton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 11:06 AM > To: Exchange Discussions > Subject: RE: kinda OT - RAID on the exchange server > > > Raid 5e AFAIK incorporates a hot spare into the array by > striping unused white space across the disks. > > Makes for faster access times than a raid 5 array + hot spare > as the data is on more "live" spindles. > > IBM proprietary. > > Evil, evil, IBM. > > All the best, > > Andy > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Ed Crowley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]=20 > > Sent: 31. maj 2002 16:28 > > To: Exchange Discussions > > Subject: RE: kinda OT - RAID on the exchange server > >=20 > >=20 > > Please share what RAID5e is. I could only find two hits in=20 > >AltaVista on that phrase, and both used character sets not in=20 my > >workstation. > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _________________________________________________________________ > List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
