[SunHELP] sbus raid solutions

[Bob Ababurko]

I didn't realize that there was few economical solutions for hardware raid 
on Sun.  I should have known better though.  I started thinking about 
alternatives to the hardware raid.  What would the pros/cons be of using a 
Multipack with 10k disks attached to, say a sparc 5 running SDS(Solstice) 
and no other services besides NFS to make the disks available to another 
box.  My logic is that the load that software raid puts on the cpu will not 
be on the box that is providing web services, but on the sparc 5.  What 
kind of performance limitations may exist with this configuration?  Will 
there be slow access? hmm.  I would like to hear any comments or suggestions.

thanks

At 09:06 AM 3/28/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>Bob Ababurko wrote:
> > As far as pci solutions go, doesn't Mylex make raid controllers that
> > are compatible with sparc.
>
>Mylex didn't make them, DPT who has since been bought out by Adaptec 
>did.  They were only available for the E450.
>
> > I must have read that somewhere.  What are the pci raid solutions
> > that you know about?  I am trying to find the most economical setup
> > which includes availability and performance.
>
>Let's put it this way:  If you have an E450, get option # X6602A.
>If you don't have an E450, you're SOL and need an external RAID array.
>
>--
>
>Phil Brutsche
>phil at brutsche.us