Re: The HP MSA20 SATA-SCSI enclosure

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On 07/06/06 23:02, Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Thursday 06 July 2006 19:55, Ron Johnson wrote:
>> Being an HP/Compaq shop, I'm looking at an Opteron-and-SATA-based
>> DL145 G2 and an MSA20 SATA enclosure with a U320 interface to use
>> with RHES4 and PostgreSQL.
>
> I recently speced this exact hardware for a customer. When the customer called
> HP to order, HP told them that it is not appropriate for a database. They
> cited shorter life of the SATA drives and overall performance.
>
> Is it true? I don't know. I have used SATA enclosures for databases for
> sometime and have been quite happy with them.
>
> You may also to look at the ml30 which is SCSI.

Anyone else have experience with the MSA20 or the SmartArray 6404?

>> Anyone have Experience with this h/w+s/w combo? It will be used as
>> a "history server", so sub-second transaction times are not required.

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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