Alan -
Do have a look at what Consensys makes (http://www.raidzone.com). They make
some very interesting IDE-based arrays and they now do their own servers
with their RAID subsystems built in. No, they are not local, but the
price/performance points for their arrays might sway you.
- Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: D. Alan Stewart [mailto:">astewart@layton-graphics.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 2:56 PM
> To: ">ale@ale.org
> Subject: [ale] looking for a vendor
>
>
> We need to get a sizable Linux server up and running,
> preferably by the
> beginning of next week. We're looking at something like an 800GB RAID
> array. I'm thinking of doing it with Seagate 73GB Cheetah
> drives in two
> external SCSI chassis and a DPT Decade controller. We'll need
> some hot
> spares, but do not require nor want to pay for hot-swap
> capability. It will be
> an SMP system, processor (Intel? Alpha?) not yet
> determined.We'll need a
> tape drive or drives for backing up a portion of this data.
> In addition we may
> require several more Linux machines in the near future.
>
> Can anyone recommend a local (Atlanta) vendor to work with?
> Vendors, feel
> free to recommend yourself!
>
>
> D. Alan Stewart
> Layton Graphics, Inc.
> 155 Woolco Dr.
> Marietta, GA 30062
> Voice: 770/973-4312
> Fax: 800/367-8192
> FTP: ftp.layton-graphics.com
> WWW: www.layton-graphics.com
>
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