[NCSA-discuss] RAID recommendations?

[John W. Sopko Jr.]

I like Dell servers for direct attached storage. I just ordered
a Dell R510 which holds 8 hot swap drives. You can get a wide
range of disk choices from 15k rpm 600GB SAS to 2TB 7.2K rpm sata
and anywhere in between. I have used Dell hardware raid controllers
for 10+ years and never had a problem. We run Red Hat and
they support that distro well. They have a Dell yum repo
that you can get their Open Mange tools to monitor and configure
the hardware including the raid. I would suggest the latest
Dell PERC H700 controller (Power Edge Raid Controller).


Dan Singer wrote, On 12/17/2010 1:31 PM:
> Hello.  Wondering if anyone has any opinions on a RAID to buy -- or
> avoid.  We're thinking about getting a RAID in the 8-16 TB range for
> backup staging: backup to disk, copy to tape, leave the disk copy
> around for a while.  No need for snapshots or other fancy features,
> just capacity, speed, reliability, and ease of management are primary
> considerations; direct attached to a *nix server.
>
> Just satisfied with your RAID?  Love it?  Hate it?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Dan
>

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