On Sat, Apr 05, 2003 at 04:13:28PM -0800, R Parker wrote: > These are an interesting set of opinions that I don't > agree with. Well, I do agree when reguarding the > original writers design requirements. I'm an advocate > of scsi hardware raid but only for professional > installations because IMO it's overkill and to > expensive for individual work stations. Note: /I/ was explicitly speaking about IDE RAID, SCSI RAID is very different, you can take the disk packs out of a SCSI RAID array, and stick them in a different machine and it will rebuild fine. SCSI RAID striping scemes are standardised and have been for a long time. Also, I have never had a SCSI RAID system die on me, nor do I know anyone who has. This is a sharp contrast to HW IDE RAID. The latency issues are probably still there, but if they dont cause you problems then I guess its OK. SCSI seek times are generally faster, so maybe that helps. - Steve
