[plug] ext3

[John Breen]

On Mon, 2002-03-11 at 09:58, Craig Foster wrote:
> Yes, there will be some that insist UDMA drives aren't that bad, but SCSI
> in RAID is TCO cheap and doesn't require all those add-in cards (2 extra
> PCI cards for a min. spec. 5 drive array + CDROM). The other argument is
> that IDE drives aren't that bad quality, and as I said generally YGWYPF
> (You get what you pay for). This means steering away from Fujitsu, Maxtor,
> and particular drives you hear about in the industry news (Like IBM75GXP
> models).

Ok, here's my 2c worth :)

I have a mainboard that does IDE raid.  Sure it cost a bit more (about
$285), but it does onboard RAID.  Many do now.  I don't see that it's
that much more expensive, for the use I get out of it.

The point about some drives is well made, BUT I can remember a time not
long ago when Western Digital were utter crap, and seagate were way
cool.  now the situation's reversed.  I have a WD drive manufactured
when WD was allegedly crap, and it's never failed on me in 7 years.  My
seagate drives (again, bought when they were 'crap') have never failed
on me either.  The only drive I've ever had fail was a conner, and that
was because it got dropped.

The point is, you can't avoid drives because they're made by a certain
manufacturer.  Make backups.  If the drive fails, replace it.  But DON'T
not buy a drive because is made by Seagate or WD or whatever.  It's like
cars.  There can be a wide variation in performance between two cars of
the exact same model that were produced at the same time in the same
factory.

Anyway, like i said, my 2c worth...

> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Colin Muller [mailto:colin at twobluedots.com.au]
> > Sent: Monday, 11 March 2002 9:19 AM
> > To: plug at plug.linux.org.au
> > Subject: Re: [plug] ext3
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 07:25:03AM +0800, Craig Foster wrote:
> > > Why, oh, why mention IDE with RAID?
> >
> > There are a bunch of reasons given here:
> > http://www.linux.org.au/LDP/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-3.html
> >
> > Colin