Hi,
of course I want to use SW raid for some boxes myself, otherwise I would not
be on the list. For a dial-in or name server, typically with 2 small
external scsi harddisks, it's just the right "bang for the buck".
But I would like to know where the genral assumption that HW raid is "too
expensive" comes from.
I just bought an external array for 30,000 DM, i.e. $ 17,000. including
- Kingston enclosure with two power supplies.
- 8 hot-pluggable slots for 3.5" HDs
- 5.25" IFT RAID controller (raid 0-5, hot-rebuild, hot-spare)
- AND 8 18GB-HDs (Seagate or IBM , UW)
assuming that the HDs where close to $800 , the box is at about $10.000. And
I do not consider this too expensive for what I got. I mean, with SW RAID
you still need an enclosure fro a couple of thousand bucks. Hot-swapping is
vital in most areas where you use raid anyway.
Any comments?
Ingo
