[nylug-talk] How to set up Raid 1 on Ubuntu, Or Linux in gerneral

[alex at pilosoft.com]

On Fri, 1 Jun 2007, Chris Knadle wrote

> 
>    I like SCSI hardware, but it is much more costly, and SCSI drives
> tend to be smaller in storage size.  36 GB to 74 GB SCSI disks are
> relatively affordable at under $200, but from there it gets expensive
> fast.  For storage servers where what is being sought are larger drives,
> that cost becomes prohibitive:
>    300 GB SATA disk:  $80
>    300 GB SCSI disk: $600
> 
>    Not quite an order of magnitude in price difference, but pretty close
> -- and that's without considering the SCSI controller or terminators.
Fired, the price difference is really between 7200 RPM and 10000RPM.

Look at prices of 10RPM SATA drives - they are roughly the same as prices 
for scuzzy.

(ps: scsi is now b-game, you want to start using sas)