So initial facts:
Cannot upgrade:
Computer with 8 3.5" hard drive slots, Intel SAS backplane and RAID controller
Older Quad core system running Windows 2k Server
Can upgrade:
running 6 SAS 15k hard drives. 76Gb
2 drives in RAID 1 (OS and Programs), 4 drives in RAID 5 (SQL database and data archive)
What I want:
Move to either a 4 or 6 drive system for $1k in drives
Change RAID 1 and 5 to just a RAID 10 or still keep the RAID 1 and change the 5 to RAID 10
Quicker performance of the database
Larger storage of the data archive
Bonus: Would love a system that I don't have to defrag every 3 months
What I need:
System uptime
resistance to drive failures
quick rebuilds
I know this is vague, but I think I can do this on this budget. Getting $1k for this is in my range. Would love to just run SATA SSDs in place of the SAS 15k drives and still get the performance needed to get this going faster without having to do much drive maintenance. For each 100Gb of archive space I get above the current 150Gb of space I currently have, I get 2 months of data archive. I would love to just purge the archive every year to a backup and start up keep a rolling year of data.
Thoughts? Questions?
Cannot upgrade:
Computer with 8 3.5" hard drive slots, Intel SAS backplane and RAID controller
Older Quad core system running Windows 2k Server
Can upgrade:
running 6 SAS 15k hard drives. 76Gb
2 drives in RAID 1 (OS and Programs), 4 drives in RAID 5 (SQL database and data archive)
What I want:
Move to either a 4 or 6 drive system for $1k in drives
Change RAID 1 and 5 to just a RAID 10 or still keep the RAID 1 and change the 5 to RAID 10
Quicker performance of the database
Larger storage of the data archive
Bonus: Would love a system that I don't have to defrag every 3 months
What I need:
System uptime
resistance to drive failures
quick rebuilds
I know this is vague, but I think I can do this on this budget. Getting $1k for this is in my range. Would love to just run SATA SSDs in place of the SAS 15k drives and still get the performance needed to get this going faster without having to do much drive maintenance. For each 100Gb of archive space I get above the current 150Gb of space I currently have, I get 2 months of data archive. I would love to just purge the archive every year to a backup and start up keep a rolling year of data.
Thoughts? Questions?