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Re: Standalone direct-attached RAIDs

Probably dual.

On 1/31/12 10:27 AM, Saker Klippsten wrote: > Single or dual raid controllers? > > Sent from my Sprint iPhone > > On Jan 31, 2012, at 5:53 AM, Robert Moggachrob@dashing.tv wrote: > >> Plugged my Xyratex into a new UPS and it lost it's partition config... >> ...something to add to the backup list so I don't lose 3 active flame projects again. Ugh. >> >> "Ohh... that's not good Rob. I've never seen that. It's all gone. Sorry." was the response from the very savvy support engineer. >> >> On 2012/01/31, at 8:44 AM, Chris Hyman wrote: >> >>> Personally I like the DotHill arrays. You have a choice of SAS& Sata, plus 3.5& 2.5" drives. >>> >>> Xyratex are very good, but you cannot purchase them directly anymore. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> >>> Chris >>> Freelance Engineer. >>> >>> On 31 Jan 2012, at 13:37, Andrew Siegel wrote: >>> >>>> What kind of standalone, direct-attached RAIDs do people like nowadays? I haven't used one of these since our last Ciprico was taken out of service 5 years ago. >>>> >>>> I'm looking for something that is fibre-channel-attached, in the 20-40TB range, with good support and usability. Speed and physical size aren't too important; just reliability, usability, and support. >>> >> >


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