[dba-Tech] Re: RAID definitions etc

I don't build a lot of servers or workstations, but almost everything that I
sell has RAID on board, it's just too cheap an insurance policy not to
utilize, and so easy to recover in case a drive fails. You can easily lose a
day if the sole hard driver craps out, with RAID you're down maybe 10 - 15
minutes, then add another hour when rebuilding the array. It makes a lot of
sense especially when considering that all of the drive manufacturers have
dropped their warranty from three years to one year. The steep warranty
period decrease speaks loudly to me.

Jim

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of DJK(John)
Robinson
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 3:46 PM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Re: RAID definitions etc


Don't apologise, Peter: that's fascinating!  I suspected that sort of trend,
but had seen no figures.

John


> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Peter Brawley
> Sent: 15 May 2004 19:46
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> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Re: RAID definitions etc
>
>
> Apologies for posting this msg. I was aiming at one
> subscriber, not the whole list :-).
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Peter Brawley
>   To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>   Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2004 12:43 PM
>   Subject: [dba-Tech] Re: RAID definitions etc
>
>
>   100 percent of servers in the $10,000-plus price range have
> hardware RAID
>   98 percent of the $5,000 to $10,000 server bracket have
> hardware RAID
>   45 percent of the sub-$5,000 server range have hardware RAID.
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