Re: No Mirror or Raid

Larry,

        Think you got all the PROs

        CON: Your company could go out of business during the n days it will
take you to restore the system, back to the failure point.  if you can !


----- Original Message -----
From: Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@arbsol.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2001 12:25 PM
Subject: Re: No Mirror or Raid


> > What are the PROs and CONs on a system without disk mirror or raid.
>
>   Con: you would have to restore the entire system after a disk failure.
>
>   Pro: you get a few more GB of storage to play with.
>
>   Con: you would have to restore the entire system after a disk failure.
>
>   Pro: you save a few dollars because you don't need a RAID controller
>
>   Con: you would have to restore the entire system after a disk failure.
>
>   Pro: your maximum disk per model is a tad bit higher
>
>   Con: you would have to restore the entire system after a disk failure.
>
>   Pro: Certain disk upgrades are a bit easier cause you don't need to
> maintain RAID sets or mirrored pairs
>
>   Con: you would have to restore the entire system after a disk failure.
>
>   That's about all I can think of!
>
>   - Larry
>
> --
> Larry Bolhuis | Cogito ergo mercari iSeries
> Arbor Solutions, Inc. |
> (616) 451-2500 | (I think, therefore I buy iSeries.)
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> lbolhuis@arbsol.com |        #3  1951-2001
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