On 7/26/06 3:33 PM, "Greg A. Woods" <woods-cyrus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > At Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:37:41 +0100, > Mark Hellman wrote: >> >> Do you think a RAID array like this one: >> http://www.infortrend.com/main/2_product/a08u-c2412.asp >> would be adequate for storing Cyrus mailboxes? > > Using a SCSI host interface isn't going to be nearly so flexible as > using a Fibre Channel one, especially in the longer run (e.g. if you > ever want to add more storage, more storage controllers, share them > amongst multiple hosts, add backup devices and also share them between > hosts, etc., etc., etc.). > > It might be possible to make it a tiny bit cheaper in the short run -- > however cheap FC host adapters are probably just as fast and usable as > cheap U320 adapters, but good and powerful U320 adapters are likely as > expensive as good and powerful FC adapters. U320 seems more finnicky > than FC to me too. > > > That particular storage array looks adequate -- at least for some > unspecified combination of Cyrus users and storage capacity. :-) If your really looking for flexibility, check out Left Hand Networks solution. Their claim is that they can beat FC stuff. Not having the need for speed at this point, I can't testify personally for how fast, but the solution looks like an awesome concept with lots of real world app. Later, Greg Harris ---- Cyrus Home Page: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus Cyrus Wiki/FAQ: http://cyruswiki.andrew.cmu.edu List Archives/Info: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus/mailing-list.html
