3ware Controllers vs SCSI Raid

[Net Llama!]

That 'guy' wouldn't happen to tbe the 3ware sales rep, would it?  ;)

On Thu, 5 Sep 2002, Shawn L Johnston wrote:

> Great,
>
> Thanks for the link and thoughts from everyone who replied! We've been using
> SCSI raid with most of our larger boxes and were looking at getting a new
> server in the near (6 month) future. The boss of course is looking at cost
> (as he should) and some guy has sold him that the cheaper 3ware and ATA
> drives are as good as SCSI, and I'm trying to look out that we don't get
> something that won't do the job. ;)
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Shawn
>
>
> On Wednesday 04 September 2002 04:42 pm, you wrote:
> > True, i should have stated that for IDE RAID, 3ware does make decent
> > hardware.  Just don't compare it to SCSI, because there is no comparison.
> > This month's issue of Linux Journal actually has an article (Building the
> > Ultimate Linux Box) where they used a 3ware RAID card.
> >
> > On Wed, 4 Sep 2002, Federico Voges wrote:
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> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > As NetLlama said, you can't compare a good SCSI system against any IDE
> > > system. SCSI is better, period.
> > >
> > > Anyway, although I don't have any experience with 3ware cards, I've
> > > heard very good comments about them. They are the only *TRUE* IDE RAID
> > > solution out there (except for ArcoIDE but they are only RAID1 and
> > > Medea or something like that, but they are RAID0 tunned for viedo
> > > editing).
> > >
> > > So my advice would be: you can't afford a SCSI system, go with 3ware.
> > >
> > > Remember, I don't have first hand experience with 3ware (just what I
> > > heard on the net).
> > >
> > > On Wed, 4 Sep 2002 15:21:37 -0500, Shawn L Johnston wrote:
> > > >Anyone have insights they care to share on how 3ware ATA RAID
> > > > controllers compare to SCSI Raid?
> > > >
> > > >Even better, are there a few benchmark comparissions out there that one
> > > > can refer to?
> > > >
> > > >Many thanks,
> > > >
> > > >Shawn
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