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

[Chris Knadle]

On Friday 01 June 2007, alex at pilosoft.com wrote:
> 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.

   Ah, okay.  So where can I get the cheaper 7200 RPM SCSI drives, then?
   ;-)

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

   "Acronym Soup -- the soup for geeks"

   -- Chris

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Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us