Short story. I have a 4.5 year old 100 gb (4x36 gig hd's) raid 5 server. This server is used in a large photography studio and has been trusted with critical data for these 4 years. I have had 3 drives fail in this array in the past 18 months and regenerated and restored normally. An affiliate studio had an array hickup yesterday and after they regenerated all data is showing normal but due to index problems is unreadable. This studio has been told by microsoft as well as highpoint that this index problem is not all that uncommon. I am losing confidence in an array that is striped vs. a mirrored array. I am looking for opinions. This server has dual intel 800's in it. I am considering doing away with the scsi's and installing 4 200 gig satas in 2 differant mirrored arrays. I am planning on using 2 escalade (processors on card) pci cards in hopes of easing the demand on the dual 800 cpu's. My hope is that by running the array thru 2 channel I may ease any bottle neck vs. using 1 card.
Will I notice a big differance in read and write speeds to these arrays? Am I wrong in thinking that my data will be more secure and retrivable on mirrored Sata's vs. a striped array.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Bric
Will I notice a big differance in read and write speeds to these arrays? Am I wrong in thinking that my data will be more secure and retrivable on mirrored Sata's vs. a striped array.
Thanks for your thoughts,
Bric