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Re: [PLUG] Re: Hardware RAID
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> I have ide drives under constant load running for years 24/7 in a server
> environment. I have seen both SCSI and ide drives fail but not one more
> than the other.
Ibid.
> I would not put the 1 year warranty consumer drives in a production server
> just because I think they might not hold up but that is just a feeling
> and I could be wrong about it.
For us it's a simple matter of "when a drive goes down, how quickly and
easily and inexpensively (free) can I replace it and get the server back up
and running?". Longer warranty == I can do it very easily etc. for a longer
period of time... at least with Dell and IBM it's easy and quick.
Dan W.
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