I stand corrected!
Maybe I should re-evaluate our own config!
Alex T
(The dell PERC controllers do pretty much suck on linux)
On 4/15/05, Vivek Khera <vivek@khera.org> wrote:
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> On Apr 15, 2005, at 11:01 AM, Alex Turner wrote:
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> > You can't fit a 15k RPM SCSI solution into $7K ;) Some of us are on a
> > budget!
> >
>
> I just bought a pair of Dual Opteron, 4GB RAM, LSI 320-2X RAID dual
> channel with 8 36GB 15kRPM seagate drives. Each one of these boxes set
> me back just over $7k, including onsite warrantee.
>
> They totally blow away the Dell Dual XEON with external 14 disk RAID
> (also 15kRPM drives, manufacturer unknown) which also has 4GB RAM and a
> Dell PERC 3/DC controller, the whole of which set me back over $15k.
>
> Vivek Khera, Ph.D.
> +1-301-869-4449 x806
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