[Beowulf] RAID storage: Vendor vs. parts

[Greg Lindahl]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 07:05:39PM -0500, Steve Cousins wrote:

> Also, am I being overly cautious about having a spare RAID controller on
> hand?

No. It depends on what kind of uptime you want to support.

>  How frequent do RAID controllers go bad compared to disks, power
> supplies and fan modules?

Which of these can you buy at Fry's?

-- greg

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