At 04:24 AM 27/01/2005, Per Jessen wrote:
Danny Sauer wrote:
The only thing you get with software RAID is less money spent and more obscure admin tools.
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As far as the fans and power supplies go, well, a properly designed case *will* have redundant cooling.
The case perhaps yes, but will the power-supply and the CPU? I have an older Compaq Proliant that has dual power-supply, dual (well, quad) case/CPU fans, but doesn't automatically ship with ECC memory. I think that says something about the importance of power-supplies & fans vs. ECC memory. (or at least what Compaq thought of it :-).
from my memory of times past I don't remember Compaq ever requiring ecc memory to start with on their early machines, and always seem to have more fans (blowing through too, not just pulling air out) and an upgraded Power supply (even pre-switchmode) than normal. I was told back then that this was so they could meet the Military specs of the Pentagon. scsijon