From: Robert Comer 

Yep.  I do that very thing with our SQL server.

The penalty is more than made up for if performance isn't the main goal.

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Bob Comer



On Sun, 27 May 2007 23:31:33 +0300, "Antti Kurenniemi"
 wrote:

>"Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
>news:crjj53hroev5anqpaibl65i6ejg6qa1mah{at}4ax.com...
>>>Software based systems are better in that regard, as you can
>>>use virtual disks and the physical disks can be just about any
>>>size/type.
>>
>> Yep again, but at a slight performance penalty.
>
>Yay. But if performance is not the biggest thing, it's pretty sweet. Also,
>if you trash the whole computer, for example the mobo barfs, you can just
>take one of the disks and plug it in to just about any machine, so it's
>great for that type of reliability as well.
>
>
>Antti Kurenniemi
>

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