linux vs. RAID vs. S/N ratio

[Michael S. Hulet]

I would vote for a hardware RAID controller unless you are trying to save
money and don't care about performance.


Michael Hulet
Network System Administrator
ITTC, University of Kansas


On Wed, 12 Jul 2000, Mike Westkamper wrote:

> I for one am trying to pick a good way to have SAMBA serve up the 10 18gb
> drives as if it were one drive. Unless I am mistaken the consensus seems
> to be to use the RAID that comes with the distribution. I am working on
> that right now. If I am off course please yell!
> 
> Mike
> 
> Paul J Collins wrote:
> 
> > >>>>> "Edward" == Edward Schernau <ed at schernau.com> writes:
> >
> >     Edward> lets not get too detailed about raid configs, especially
> >     Edward> when you really don't know what you're talking about.
> >
> > Okay...  Suppose you had 10 18 gig disks to configure as you liked for
> > Samba to serve up; how would you do it?
> >
> > People in general prefer not to spread incorrect information.  Gentle
> > corrections are always welcome.
> >
> > Paul.
> >
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