Re: Help me select a good RAID array

If cost isnt a factor, I would seriously look into the EMC arrarys

www.emc.com

• Derrick

Ramon F Herrera wrote:

> We are in the process of selecting a RAID array and
> would like to elicit your comments, recommendations,
> and experience with those devices.
>
> These are our requirements:
>
> - current host is a dual-CPU SPARC Enterprise 450,
> in the future another similar (smaller) SPARC
> will be added in cluster mode
>
> - the Sun server has a Fibre Channel adapter
>
> - the main application running will be Oracle 8i,
> to be upgraded later to the Parallel Server option
>
> - the internal disks will be mirrored with a DPT PCI
> card, they will contain Solaris and Oracle software.
> Oracle data will be in the shared external array
>
> - the RAID array should be host independent
>
> - the disks are going to be 18GB IBM in a 0+1 RAID
> configuration (4 disks per logical volume)
>
> So far I have looked into the Raidtec (www.raidtec.com)
> FibreArray HI 12. The Raidtec stuff looks impressive on
> paper but I am a little unconfortable because I have
> no experience whatsoever with that company. Any of
> you folks have experience with Raidtec products?
>
> I just read that IBM came up with a Fibre RAID Array,
> but I am not sure if it is a product ready to be
> deployed by an end user or if it is geared to OEMs.
>
> One thing I would really like to see is a recent review
> of RAID arrays. Any pointers or URLs will be very
> much appreciated.
>
> Thanks for your insight.
>
> -Ramon F. Herrera
Received on Tue Jun 13 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT