[rescue] SGI, Origin 200, and speed?

[Kevin]

Regarding PC "servers", point taken.

I'm not usually a fan of software RAID except maybe for RAID 0. 
How much of a performance hit would you be looking at with soft
RAID 5 under vs hardware RAID 5 (under IRIX)?

/KRM

On Thu, 29 Apr 2004 12:04:57 -0400
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:

>    "Decent PC server" is a double oxymoron.
> 
>    RAID options...hmm, there is a 68-pin SCSI port on the box,
>    and three 
> PCI slots into which you can plug supported FC adapters.  There
> are six internal drive bays, and there is a software RAID
> package available for IRIX.
> 
>           -Dave