[geeks] recommended dual channel LVD controller, PC

[Jonathan C. Patschke]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004, mrl wrote:

> So, if you don't keep your drives next to each other, where *do* you
> keep them?

Separate shelves.  I've organized all the RAIDs at work so that a
controller, a switch, AND an entire shelf of drives can go offline
without loss of data.

> I'm in the middle of building a RAID setup, and I'm curious.
> Also, I have a D1000, where all the drives are... right next to one
> another. There are two fan trays, but they're on opposite sides of the
> unit.

If you got a second D1000 and put the on separate electrical circuits
and separate SCSI buses, you'd be cooking with butter.

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