[THIN] Re: OT: Software RAID question

> ..."the more spindles the better performance"

Not always. Having an IDE master and its slave drive in the same RAID set
does nothing for performance, as data can only be read-from or written-to
either the master or the slave at any particular time. Ie You can't access a
master and its slave drive simultaneously.

...Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Higgins, Bob [mailto:BHiggins@xxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2004 3:02 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Software RAID question


Raid 5 all eight together then, the more spindles the better performance.

Bob Higgins, MCSE 
Information Systems Server Administrator 
Chinook Health Region 
960 19th Street South 
Lethbridge, Alberta 
T1J 1W5 
www.chr.ab.ca 
Phone: (403) 382-6338 
Fax: (403) 382 6046 
E-mail: bhiggins@xxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Stansel, Paul
Sent: January 20, 2004 10:28 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Software RAID question


OS is actually mirrored on the MB's IDE channels.  These are separate data
drives.  The controllers only support 4 drives each, so I have to split them
up.  Or spend $400 on a 3Ware raid card, which I really want to avoid :)

-----Original Message-----
From: Higgins, Bob [mailto:BHiggins@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 12:22 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Software RAID question


He sees all 8, he is talking about software raid. I would put a  mirror set
on one controller for the OS, and the rest on the other controller raid 5
for data. 

Bob Higgins, MCSE 
Information Systems Server Administrator 
Chinook Health Region 
960 19th Street South 
Lethbridge, Alberta 
T1J 1W5 
www.chr.ab.ca 
Phone: (403) 382-6338 
Fax: (403) 382 6046 
E-mail: bhiggins@xxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of RMC - Brian Hill
Sent: January 20, 2004 10:05 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Software RAID question


How do the drives show up in BIOS or in Disk Manager?  Do you see 8 drives,
or 2 logical drives?  Are there any options to configure with the hardware
that determine how they show up?  Is the hardware capable of any type of
RAID?

Brian

-----Original Message-----
From: Stansel, Paul [mailto:Stansel_Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 9:31 AM
To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
Subject: [THIN] OT: Software RAID question


This one is pretty OT I admit :).  I've got a Win2K server at home that I am
looking to do software RAID5 with.  I have 2 PCI IDE controller cards which
lets me have a total of 8 IDE drives, 4 on each.  Would it be better to do 2
RAID5 volumes, one for each controller, or can I span the RAID across
multiple controllers and not kill performance (any more than it already is
simply because it's software RAID).

Just hoping someone knows!

Thanks,
Paul



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