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bret · 2003-08-27, 07:34 PM

RAID is a hardware solutiion, completely OS independent.

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there are software raid solutions, but these are very inefficient in comparison with their hardware predecessors, I believe (don't quote me) the graph of speed vs. number of requests per time is exponential (logrithmic, depending on how you do the graph) vs much more linear on a hardware solution.
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the core of my web presence is on x86/WinNT(2k) boxes. Only my images and pure html (or other HIGH speed dependent applications) are served off linux boxes, and it is not that the windows 2000 boxes can not compete with the linux boxes, they are just have too much on their plate to be able to serve anything that requires 0second speed.

2003-08-27, 07:34 PM	#120
bret Shut up brain, or I'll stab you with a Q-tip! Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 110	RAID is a hardware solutiion, completely OS independent. edit there are software raid solutions, but these are very inefficient in comparison with their hardware predecessors, I believe (don't quote me) the graph of speed vs. number of requests per time is exponential (logrithmic, depending on how you do the graph) vs much more linear on a hardware solution. edit the core of my web presence is on x86/WinNT(2k) boxes. Only my images and pure html (or other HIGH speed dependent applications) are served off linux boxes, and it is not that the windows 2000 boxes can not compete with the linux boxes, they are just have too much on their plate to be able to serve anything that requires 0second speed. Last edited by bret; 2003-08-27 at 07:40 PM..*