>
 >BS>       One of the 3ware's, sorry don't recall the part
 >BS> number offhand.
 >
 > I see they do not support OS/2........;-(

      I know, we use 'em either on NT/XP servers or Linux.  Heck, OS/2 doesn't
support a drive larger than around 60gb, at least under HPFS.

 >
 >BS> We're in the process of building a new server for a client
 >BS> that will have 5 300 gb SATA drives configured as raid5
 >BS> for data, and two 40gb SATA's as raid1 for boot. (on a
 >BS> dual Xeon motherboard)
 >
 > A 40GB Boot drive!... what are you putting in that thing? I know, 40GB
 > is about the smallest drive you can get these days........;-)

      Boot, plus swap space, plus  logging that I don't have to worry about
for a month or so.

 >
 > Personally, I am getting lazy in my old age, I have sort of convinced
 > myself that my next "personal" box should have as much HD redundancy
 > built in as possible, so I have been looking for a reasonably low cost
 > "generic" Raid controller that would allow me to swap out a
 > failed/failing HD without having to re-install everything......;-)
 >
 >> I have been tossing up moving off SCSI lately, but I must admit I really
 >> do LOVE the way SCSI works...
 >
 >BS>       Agreed, however SATA has proven to be just as fast, and cheaper.
 >
 > Agreed on the cost, all IDE is cheaper than SCSI, but I have found that
 > MTBF's/Warrantees for SCSI are always much better than for IDE, and my
 > average SCSI drive lasts abut twice as logn as anIDE drive. I see no
 > logical reason for this other than they are each "made to the
market"...
 >
 >
 > I am also still hearing of the odd SATA performance oddity, but so far
 > it seems to depend heavily on the MB SATA controller itself, rather than
 > the drive. Avoid SATA "bridges" like the plague... This is
more at the
 > general consumer end of the market, not the professional end.


      And we're using this stuff for the high end commercial systems, like our
new mail server that is designed to easily handle over a million email accounts.  :)





                       .....Bob

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