Re: software vs hw hard on linux

threshar@torgo.978.org (Jeff) writes:
> On the pro-sw side you have lots of speed and less cost (unfortunately,
> there is a pathetic budget so spending $15k on a raid card is out of the
> question really).

I have been playing with a Perq3 QC card
  <http://www.scsi4me.com/?menu=menu_scsi&pid=143>
which isn't anywhere near $15K, and which certainly seems to provide the
characteristic improved performance.

PriceWatch is showing several LSI Logic cards in the $300-$400 range
with battery backed cache, which doesn't seem too out of line.

It would seem a good tradeoff to buy one of these cards and drop a
SCSI drive off the array.
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