"Ian Linwood" <ian@dinwoodi.plus.com> wrote in message
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> >> Aargh, No! SCSI is MUCH better under load and more reliable. I've yet
> >> to see an enterprise server utilise IDE raid.
> >
> >Mostly prejudice - 3ware is not a lowend "software disguised as
> >hardware" RAID. It looks like a SCSI disk to your system, and handles
> >stress very well. Remember - everything is hardware, there is nothing
> >to stress on your system by using IDE in the subsystem.
>
> No, not prejudice, mostly experience.
Do you have some data to back this up? I'd be interested in any
published reports, benchmarks, or even the experience you mention,
if you took measurements.
Marshall
