[plug] [OT] opinions: SCSI hard disks

[Craig Foster]

Jon Miller <mailto:jlmiller at mmtnetworks.com.au> wrote:
> If you look on the IBM web site and look up Linux and benchmarking you
> will see their benchmark test using rhl7.3 and their server with all
> the details of what they did.  As for drives since I use IBM SCSI
> drives all the time, I've yet run into any problems that I keep
> hearing about on any of the servers that I've built.  I would
> recommend that you look at the 36 or 73GB HDD.  As for the onboard
> controller, use it only for the backup (all onboard SCSI controllers
> are usually (90%) of the time a strip-down version of the rreal deal.
> I tend to buy an separate card from either IBM or Adaptec for the
> drives. 
> 
> Jon
> 
<snip>


Search through the PLUG archives for AD (or active-directory - can't
remember which), propagation, and RAID.

Those two dead RAID5 members were IBM 36GB USCSIs. 
Two drives, not a week old from the wholesaler, died at the same time
(10min difference)
No more IBM SCSI for me :/


Regards,

Craig Foster
fostware at iinet.net.au (with SMIME)
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