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<blockquote data-quote="JorisFRST" data-source="post: 416755" data-attributes="member: 62479">RAID 1 you could use the onboard controller.RAID 5 you need a card (well, i have a raid5 on an onboard one too, but it's pure luck if it happens to work well)RAID10 you also need a card, it's the fastest, but it's way too expensive (well, for your needs, i won't say that when it's for a database systems with 3000+ users ;-))As you said you needed alot of storage i would prefer raid5 over raid1, that's the only reason really.And the issue about the power supplies in branded servers, that's the point, they're branded servers, you buy them with 4 or 5 year warranty and write them off the books in the same time...&nbsp; No headaches, no worries, you know what it will cost you over those years beforehand.Another good thing about raid 5 is you're not limited to 3 disks (depending on the controller).You could put 4 1TB disks in raid5 and you'd have almost 3Tb available for storage.The more storage you need the more expensive raid1 becomes.on tape backups:We tend to buy the same as the server vendor, so we never have the finger pointing issue when something breaks ;-)But most of the time in the rebranded box sits an ibm drive.It all depends&nbsp; how much you want to be backed up daily against weekly, you could do with a 1 tape drive,and split up the full backup over a few nights.&nbsp; It's more about managing and keeping track of the tapes then anything else really.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JorisFRST, post: 416755, member: 62479"] RAID 1 you could use the onboard controller. RAID 5 you need a card (well, i have a raid5 on an onboard one too, but it's pure luck if it happens to work well) RAID10 you also need a card, it's the fastest, but it's way too expensive (well, for your needs, i won't say that when it's for a database systems with 3000+ users ;-)) As you said you needed alot of storage i would prefer raid5 over raid1, that's the only reason really. And the issue about the power supplies in branded servers, that's the point, they're branded servers, you buy them with 4 or 5 year warranty and write them off the books in the same time... No headaches, no worries, you know what it will cost you over those years beforehand. Another good thing about raid 5 is you're not limited to 3 disks (depending on the controller). You could put 4 1TB disks in raid5 and you'd have almost 3Tb available for storage. The more storage you need the more expensive raid1 becomes. on tape backups: We tend to buy the same as the server vendor, so we never have the finger pointing issue when something breaks ;-) But most of the time in the rebranded box sits an ibm drive. It all depends how much you want to be backed up daily against weekly, you could do with a 1 tape drive, and split up the full backup over a few nights. It's more about managing and keeping track of the tapes then anything else really. [/QUOTE]

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