I don't know about performance, but my Drobo is frakking awesome (www.drobo.com).
-Lon On Mon, Dec 14, 2009 at 7:04 AM, Kieran Kelleher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All, > > Looking for suggestions for an economical (< $1000) "poor man's" RAID 1+0 > 4-drive storage solution for a dual 2.0 G5 Xserve that must be used as a > dedicated database server. It is a cluster node model with just one > hard-drive bay. > > It has Firewire 800 ports and 2 PCI-X slots. One PCI slot has a video card, > one is empty. > > I was thinking possibly of a esata PCIX card with a OWC 4-drive hardware > RAID rack unit: > http://www.datoptic.com/cgi-bin/web.cgi?product=eSATA_pcix&detail=yes - $99 > http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/hard-drives/RAID/Rack_Mount/FireWire_eSATA_USB2_RAID > - $850 (includes 4 x 500GB enterprise hard drives) > > There will be 2 slaves continuously replicating for additional data > protection. > > Any thoughts or other suggestions? > > Regards, Kieran > _______________________________________________ > Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. > Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/varscsak%40smarthealth.com > > This email sent to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. They will be ignored. Webobjects-deploy mailing list ([email protected]) Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/webobjects-deploy/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [email protected]
