[dba-Tech] Performance in disc partitions

ROTFL.  Well aren't YOU the grinch!

This actually happened to me with a video card but that was because the
video card socket type went away.  However RAID cards do not use video card
sockets, they either use PCI or PCIX.  PCI might very well go away someday
soon.  PCIX not a chance.  Not SOON anyway. 


John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Lembit Soobik
Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:21 PM
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Performance in disc partitions

Remember when you move your RAID controller to a new machine, you got to
install the drivers there also, and by the time your system fails, the
driverboard will not fit into the new system.

Lembit

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From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'" 
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Performance in disc partitions


>I absolutely agree.  The onboard raid will not work the same with a new
> motherboard and so all data in the raid array will be lost.
>
>
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Erwin Craps - 
> IT
> Helps
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 11:50 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Performance in disc partitions
>
> I personally would never use an onboard raid to store data.
>
> If U use a removable controller you can swap controller and disks to 
> another
> system when your system is defect.
> Doing so you have your data back in a few minutes...
>
> Since the OS is pretty much system depending, you could use the onboard 
> raid
> only for your OS disk.
>
> Erwin