Truly mission critical = Hardware SCSI RAID controller
Not really mission critical = Hardware ATA RAID controller
Plain broke and someone else's data = Software RAID on a Workstation class
system.
- ASB
-----Original Message-----
From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 2:04 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration
If you truly have a "mission critical" application/data then push the
"hardware solution", on the other hand if you don't really need it...
now I'm up to $.04..........
RE Young MCSE
Client Server System Engineering
Dallas, TX
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To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 12:50 PM
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
That is very true and if I can't get the money to purchase a RAID
controller, software is the way I'll have to go. Hopefully I will be able
to convince them and/or I'll have to use one of my tricks for staying under
the limit that requires approval. ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: RE Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:38 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Hard drive configuration
I have used softrware raid in hundreds of NT servers for years w/o problems,
it is there to use. if for example, there is no money in the buget for
hardware raid controllers, the reality is money is an issue.
My $.02..........
RE Young MCSE
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To: NT System Admin Issues
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 10:50 AM
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
That's too funny. I do at least know Hardware RAID is better than Software
RAID. And if NT will allow me to duplex, as it was suggested by someone
else, then that's probably what I'll do.
-----Original Message-----
From: Flanagan, Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:48 AM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
I second this, only ever use Hardware RAID, which RAID config depends on
what you are doing.
When interviewing folks for an open position at my last employer we had
someone say that they thought that software RAID was "slick", that was the
last thing he said that I heard.
Kevin
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-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 7:34 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
Thanks for the info. I will see if I can do that.
-----Original Message-----
From: Zangara, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
volume sets are notoriously bad - they have a way of crashing at bad times -
I would personally do a raid array witha good hardware (Adaptec) raid
controller.
Jim Zangara, MCSE+I
Special Projects Engineer
Premiere Radio Networks
A Division of Clear Channel Communications
15260 Ventura Blvd Suite 500
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
Direct: (818) 461-8620
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In my house there's this light switch that doesn't do anything. Every so
often I would flick it on and off just to check. Yesterday, I got a call
from a woman in Germany. She said, "Cut it out." -- Steven Wright
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:19 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
Cool. So, I could create 3 of them as one volume so I don't have to give
each drive a drive letter and then mirror that volume to the other three
drives?
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From: Eric Wittenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:06 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Hard drive configuration
Duplexing to NT is the same as mirroring. Windows does not care if they are
on one controller (mirroring) or on two controllers (duplexing)
Eric Wittenberg, MCSE CNA ASE
Technical Systems Analyst
3D Computer Services Ltd.
Edmonton, Alberta
(780)484 9788 Fax (780) 484 9811
e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
URL www.3dcomp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 4:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Hard drive configuration
I currently have a NetWare server with 6 Seagate ST39175LW drives on 2
Adaptec controllers in a duplexed configuration. We are going to rebuild
the server as NT 4.0. I don't think NT can mirror the drives in a duplexed
configuration like the one we currently have. Am I wrong. If not, what
would be the best configuration for the drives. I was thinking of adding a
single drive on the build-in controller for the OS and using the other 6 for
data storage. I'm just not sure how I should configure the other drives.
Thanks, Michelle
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