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Reliable SATA RAID-1 with P4C800E Deluxe ?
I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task.
Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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Look for Hotswap and email alerts. I don't think you will find either in a
built in controller. Be aware that there is no such thing as a 24 / 7 system. There are *none*. You may get 99.999% up time with good management... It is best to plan outage window allowances eg x * y minutes per annum at random off peak times to enable you to do patching & reboot, upgrades, check / replace fans, psu, clean, test etc. I have several systems running like that using raptors on adaptec sata raid in 1u racks. If a machine fails, it gets swapped out with a spare - hdd's get swapped manually. "Giobibo" wrote in message ... I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task. Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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I used RAID 1 for a month before returning to RAID 0 (same mobo and paired
Raptors) and both RAIDs work great--BUT I use the Intel controller. Just curious--why would you rather use the Promise controller rather than disabling it in BIOS and use the Intel controller for RAID 1?? MikeSp ----------------------------------------- "Giobibo" wrote in message ... I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task. Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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Why did you go to RAID 0?
John "Michael S." wrote in message ... I used RAID 1 for a month before returning to RAID 0 (same mobo and paired Raptors) and both RAIDs work great--BUT I use the Intel controller. Just curious--why would you rather use the Promise controller rather than disabling it in BIOS and use the Intel controller for RAID 1?? MikeSp ----------------------------------------- "Giobibo" wrote in message ... I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task. Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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John--it was out of the quest for speed and the ignorance that even using
Raptors in RAID 0 that the increase in speed for my applications would be miniscule at best. In this new computer build (6 months ago) I had to try both RAID 1 and RAID 0 and at that time, RAID 0 was being hyped a lot and I tend (sometimes) to be gullible;-) The next time I fdisk the main hard drives and start over (when it is time in another year), I WILL go back to RAID 1. MikeSp ---------------------------------------------------- "John McCoy" johnm160athotmail.com wrote in message ... Why did you go to RAID 0? John "Michael S." wrote in message ... I used RAID 1 for a month before returning to RAID 0 (same mobo and paired Raptors) and both RAIDs work great--BUT I use the Intel controller. Just curious--why would you rather use the Promise controller rather than disabling it in BIOS and use the Intel controller for RAID 1?? MikeSp ----------------------------------------- "Giobibo" wrote in message ... I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task. Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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Yeah, from what I read the speed was negligible and your rate of failure
increases. I think RAID 1 makes more sense. Thanks for the reply "Michael S." wrote in message ... John--it was out of the quest for speed and the ignorance that even using Raptors in RAID 0 that the increase in speed for my applications would be miniscule at best. In this new computer build (6 months ago) I had to try both RAID 1 and RAID 0 and at that time, RAID 0 was being hyped a lot and I tend (sometimes) to be gullible;-) The next time I fdisk the main hard drives and start over (when it is time in another year), I WILL go back to RAID 1. MikeSp ---------------------------------------------------- "John McCoy" johnm160athotmail.com wrote in message ... Why did you go to RAID 0? John "Michael S." wrote in message ... I used RAID 1 for a month before returning to RAID 0 (same mobo and paired Raptors) and both RAIDs work great--BUT I use the Intel controller. Just curious--why would you rather use the Promise controller rather than disabling it in BIOS and use the Intel controller for RAID 1?? MikeSp ----------------------------------------- "Giobibo" wrote in message ... I need a reliable small business server for a 24/7 task. Speed and performance are not an issue, but reliability and budget are the central point. The idea is a P4C800E Deluxe board and two harddisks WD Raptor WD360GD in RAID-1 array. I have read a lot of good thinks about the Raptor especially for 24/7 activity and small business task. But I do not know how can perform the onboard promise controller with the RAID-1 and its reliability vs. a more expensive SCSI solution. Any suggestion? Thank you for replying. |
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