Re: P4P800 E RAID ????

If you want to be serious about RAID, then use a HARDWARE
implementation with a RAID5 SCSI controller. Install 3 SCSI disks
(10,000 RPM for economy, 15,000 RPM for performance).

If you are concerned about performance and scurity and economy, then
RAID5 is hard to beat. The main advantage in a Hardware RAID5 is that
if one of the 3 drives fails, the system will still run. It will slow
down, but it will still run! If you get a controller that supports
hot-swapping of disks, then when you swap out the failed drive, the
controller will automatically format and rebuild the failed disk, and
resume normal opperations - all without bringing down the system.
(Windows eat your heart out! hehehe)

Here is an info link on RAID:

http://www.prepressure.com/techno/raid.htm

On our old Dell server we had software RAID5. Our new Dell server has
hardware RAID5. Lemmetellya, the Hardware RAID5 seriously smokes! The
old server used to bog down, but the new server just keeps on
cranking.

hth

On 1 Nov 2005 02:35:34 -0800, "GMan" <bgbills@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Only thing I know about raid is that "It Kills Bugs Dead!" I understand
>some concepts and have a question about setting up a raid box.
>
>I need security more than performance. The system will function only as
>a file server. No user apps will run on this box. My idea is to install
>the OS (Win Whatever) on a primary IDE drive. Say C:\ Then I install 2
>SATA's and configure them as RAID 1. My logic is that if & when the OS
>goes stupid on me, my data on the raid remains and I only have to
>rebuild the OS. All specifications are subject to change at this time.
>
>Is this a plan or does the OS have to reside on the RAID to gain
>functionality?
>
>Thanks for everyones time.

.

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