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

[Peter C. Norton]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 11:20:12AM -0400, sixtyfourbeets wrote:
> Unfortunately the data that I've seen shows that the listed MTBF ratings
> are optimistic [not that that's any surprise], and that SCSI disks may not be
> much more reliable than SATA disks.
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> 
> I beg to differ, we run an Adaptec SAN with SATA drives, we have at
> least one drive that needs to be replaced every quarter (per the
> admin who worked here before me.)
> Additionally, SCSI drives are more hearty if the SAN is shutdown
> improperly (my experience.)
> Yes there is a trade off between reliability and capacity with no
> way around that.
> For us, we run the SATA SAN in development and production gets
> SCSI.
> 
> Steve M

If you're buying the same model drive from the same manufacturer of
the same capacity, then you're getting the same quality with some
different silicon screwed on to it.

-Peter

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