Am 2008-01-08 17:34:03, schrieb randall: > i think you have a 1000 options here, but here is basically what i do > > the new barracude 7200.11 or es.2 disks are pretty competitive compared > to the raptors in performance, and they also give you a lot more space > for your Euro. (250GB for 74 Euro a piece) i personnally use 4 x 500GB > in a RAID6 (about 100 something a piece) But this HDD's are using PATA mechanik and have only a SATA2 Interface attached. I have had Seagates but they gaved up on my (professionel) Mailserver after 10 month or something like this. The Raptors have REAL SCSI-Mechanik and of course, the Raptors have faster access to a maildir with several million messages as the Seagates. I love the seagated for storage and for my Fileservers but Mailservers will be too much for them. > you might consider dropping the raid controller and go with linux > software raid instead, altough the software raid will give you less Forget it... You can use Software-Raid in non-critical applications but not on a System which must be 24/7 up and is used for automated mailprocessing. They are to many contras for the Software-Raid. > performance, but you can sort of compensate this by spending an extra > 100 or 200 on your processor instead (i use the q6600) > > besides personal preference and insight, you might want to re consider > the software vs hardware raid, i just find the kernel more reliable and > forgiving then any controller. Thanks, Greetings and nice Day Michelle Konzack Systemadministrator Tamay Dogan Network Debian GNU/Linux Consultant -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org/ ##################### Debian GNU/Linux Consultant ##################### Michelle Konzack Apt. 917 ICQ #328449886 50, rue de Soultz MSN LinuxMichi 0033/6/61925193 67100 Strasbourg/France IRC #Debian (irc.icq.com)
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