Re: 1TB Raid?

["ianh1000" <ianh1000@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi All.

Does Anyone here have an opinion/expierience with SATA?
From the comercial space where I work they look cheap but are not=20
designed to run 24x7, the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) in=20
comparison with SCSI is very poor. I would be happy to use them in a=20
PC but not sure about a file server. I would prefer a solution that=20
used a hot spare disk myself. I guess it depends if you could reload=20
all the data if you had to. My configurations can use 500+ spindles=20
so the chances of one failing are high. This is work not HA at home=20
by the way. Perhaps I am justy paranoid?

Ian

--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "Stuart Poulton"=20
<stuart.poulton@a...> wrote:
> For info here's some example pricing....
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> 4 ports SATA raid card and 4x250GB Maxtor drives    =A3812
> 8 port SATA Raid and 4x200GB Maxtor drives =A3735
> 8 port SATA Raid and 5x200GB Maxtors         =A3826
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> Regards
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> Stuart
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> ----- Original Message -----=20
> From: "Chris Bond" <chris@l...>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 23, 2004 8:15 PM
> Subject: [ukha_d] 1TB Raid?
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> Well sorta on topic for a change cos its for my HA stuff =3D)
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> Just wondering the cheapest solutions people have found to=20
implement
> a 1TB Raid.
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> Looks like 4 x 250GB SATA drives are about going to be about =A3480.
> Im not sure about what case to host these in or what raid card to=20
go
> for, i'd want RAID5 minimum on it incase on of the drives go tits=20
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> and thats all my mp3's gone.  It also needs to be queit as it'll be
> in my office.
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> Phil found a nice firewire case that holds 8 ide drives, im a bit
> nervous in using software raid because of the data on there.  SATA
> drives are only about =A32 more these days but offer better speed,
> tider cables etc seems a more sensible choice than IDE.
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> It would be nice if i had the option to upgrade by adding a few=20
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> 250GB drives at a later stage too, with RAID5 im taking about 33%
> loss leaving about 670GB of space.  Then I can take it upto a true
> RAID5 1TB later on.
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> The lacie 1TB bigger disk looks amazing value for money considering
> its size and connections on it (works out at about =A3660), but once
> again its lacking RAID5.
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> Any ideas or suggestions, without going OTT price wise - ideally=20
i'd
> like to come in no more than =A3600-700 for the lot which seems hard
> considering all of the above.
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