Strange. I've had dell, hp and even one crappy gateway server, several drives fail in raid 1 or 5 arrays and, knock on wood, never lost any data. Replace the drive and we're gold. This goes all the way back to the PE2400 with perc 3 controllers.
From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 12:22 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SuperMicro NOT Bullsh*t to you, but definitely to the front line support nogs that DKTAFAHITG Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' From: Terry Dickson [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 11:28 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SuperMicro Well one was Raid 5 with two Global Spares, the other was Raid 10 with one Global Spare. From: Erik Goldoff [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 9:03 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: SuperMicro " I was told by the support personnel at Dell, this is normal, when any drive fails in a Raid Array it will probably take out the whole array. " I call Bullsh*t on that ! Unless you're running RAID 0 ( pure striping ) any single drive failure in an array should cause degraded performance, but NOT a failure. And if the hot spare doesn't step in to automatically replace a failed drive, then it is NOT a hot spare ! Definitely makes me question the quality of the support, if not the product. I have been a fan of the Proliant line all the way back to the original Compaq, so that would be my preference based on experience. But I have no experience at all with SuperMicro servers. But based on your experience, you have empirical data to back up your 'favoritism' of the SuperMicro brand, so I'd say stick with them until you have a compelling reason to do otherwise. Erik Goldoff IT Consultant Systems, Networks, & Security ' Security is an ongoing process, not a one time event ! ' ~ 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]<mailto:[email protected]> with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ 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
