[geeks] recommended dual channel LVD controller, PC

[velociraptor]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2004 16:17:22 -0500 (CDT), Jonathan C. Patschke
<jp at celestrion.net> wrote:
> 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.

The poorer man's version is a tray with two busses and
mirror across; it's faster this way as well.

If you are using a Sun disk pack or internal drives...oh
well...I guess it isn't "enterprise" level. :-)

=Nadine=