RE: OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server

["Phillip Harris" <phil@xxxxxxx>]

You will need to ensure that the RAID card that you get can support
RAID
0+1 (Striping + Mirroring) - the cheap cards definitely support one
*OR*
the other but not sure whether they support both at the same time.

Phil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: paul_watkin [mailto:paul_watkin@xxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 28 April 2002 20:46
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] OT Raid Setup for MP3 Server
> 
> 
> Hi 
> 
> I am about to purchase a Promise Raid Card, and would like someone to
> let me know if the following will work
> 
> I want to create a mirrored copy of all of my MP3's, I propose to 
> have the following drives
> 
> Drive0 120Gig
> Drive1 120Gig
> 
> Drive2 120Gig
> Drive3 120gig
> 
> Drive4 20Gig
> 
> Drives 0+1 will become a pairing to create one 240Gig drive as will
> drives 2+3, with the second pairing being a mirror of the first, I
> think this is theoretically possible but not sure.
> 
> Drive4 is the main system disc (NT server, Exchange etc) and ideally
> I would like to connect this to the promise controller as well, as it
> supports ATA133 and the motherboard only supports 66 and is very 
> succeptable to data issues.
> 
> Is this possible??
> 
> cheers
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
> 
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