Yep, that's true of course. I've just always been fortunate/unsuccessful enough not to have to manage storage I can't fit onto 1 drive.
DAF On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Ben Scott <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 6:44 PM, David <[email protected]> wrote: > > I supposed this is way too old-school, but I've always been a fan of RAID > > 1. I can always take one of the disks and get another machine back up > if I > > have to. > > Sometimes you need more storage than a single disk can provide. > Also, sometimes you need more I/O throughput than a single disk can > provide. > > (This was the original point behind RAID, of course. SLED (Single > Large Expensive Disk) vs RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks).) > > -- Ben > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to [email protected] > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > -- David _____________________ * * *"If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. In framing a government which is to be administered by men over men, the great difficulty lies in this: you must first enable the government to control the governed; and in the next place, oblige it to control itself."* --James Madison, Federalist No. 51, 1788 ** ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
