On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 23:39 -0700, Alvin Oga wrote: > hi ya > > On Sat, 30 Oct 2004, Rishi wrote: [snip] > with 2 disk ... what's the point of hw raid ??? > - the machine has to come down ... if you are using ide disks > > - the machine should stay down, until the new replacement disk > is sync'd ... and that can be a whole day ...for a full 200GB > disks
There are many situations where "machine should stay down, until the new replacement disk is sync'd ... and that can be a whole day" is totally, absolutely unacceptable. Perfect example: a box handling Customer Service Representatives in a "bricks and mortar" environment. You walk into the electric company during lunch hour to pay your bill, only to see a long line because "the computer is down", syncing 200GB disks. That's where h/w RAID & SCA come in. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B "Those who would give up essential Liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither Liberty nor safety." or something like that Ben Franklin, maybe
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