[SunRescue] Software raid

[Bruce Pullig -Mobile]

Was the Veritas license expensive for the U1?  I was quoted a price last
week for four 4500's at $9800.00 each.  I'd love a copy for use at home, but
don't want to get a second mortgage to pay for it!

Bruce Pullig -Houston, TX
bruce at pullig.com
www.pullig.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Reagen Ward" <ward at zilla.nu>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Software raid


> On Sat, Mar 24, 2001 at 12:11:08AM -0500, Joshua D. Boyd wrote:
>
> > Anyway, I'm wondering what the possibilities for software raid-5 are.  I
> > know the computations are fairly intensive, but would something like a
> > dual processor pentium (say dual 166) be able to keep up fast enough to
> > saturate 100 mbit? How about an Ultra 1?  Ultra 5?
>
> I used DiskSuite on x86 for RAID5 on a dual PPro200, and it was just
> fine with 10 FWSE disks.  I wasn't hurting it though, just a news feed.
> I now do it with Veritas on a U1-170, and I don't feel it much.
>
> > Am I going to find that the cost of a good enough computer will be
higher
> > than the cost of a hardware solution?
>
> Yes and no.  Depends on how badly you want to do it.  You can get used
> PCI Mylex and the like on ebay pretty inexpensively, esp for narrow
> disks.  I use a DAC960 sometimes, and I used to have a great AMI
> MegaRAID, and they're both quite affordable.
>
> Reagen
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