jjmerrow <jjmerrow@yahoo.com> wrote:
> hello
> situation: client with 15 seat mixed (98/NT/2K/XP) windows network
> asks me to move server to linux. server will only do nat and
> fileserving (samba). server is dual P3 800mhz box with Intel
> integrated raid (2X 20gig scsi drives with AIC-7899 controller).
> Client also wants a bunch more disk space.
>
> question: rather than buy bigger scsi drives (expensive) would it be
> easier to dump the hw raid and do a software IDE raid-1? (if I am
> recalling correctly that raid-1 is mirrored disks). more specifically:
>
> -on this size network with this box, would a sw raid perform well?
> -I am planning to use redhat 9. which will give me more trouble
> installation and config wise, the current hw raid, or a sw ide raid?

Only your client knows what they want exactly. :-) But, it's kind of
silly nowdays to talk about raid with 20GB harddisks, considering that
you can buy 300GB retail. Software mirroring sounds good, though.

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William Park, Open Geometry Consulting, <opengeometry@yahoo.ca>
Linux solution for data management and processing.