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RE: Xserve



can you elaborate further on this problem in case I am not understanding correctly...my servers are on UPS power with generator backup.

  -Mike
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From: macos-x-server-bounces+perbix=email@hidden [macos-x-server-bounces+perbix=email@hidden] On Behalf Of Dan Shoop [email@hidden]
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 10:56 PM
To: Andre Downer
Cc: email@hidden
Subject: Re: Xserve

On Oct 12, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Andre Downer wrote:

> Yes have to get the card, standard card supports strip and mirror
> in software only.
>
> A.
>
> On Oct 12, 2007, at 4:10 PM, Silas Thomas <email@hidden> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello All,
>>
>> We are considering making a purchase of an Xserve but I'm
>> wondering if the built in or default SATA controller supports raid
>> 5, or do you have to buy the Xserve Raid card for it? From what I
>> can tell it looks like you have to buy the raid card.
>>

In reality you rarely want a hw raid 5 card b/c of the power off /
write cache problem.


But no the XServe doesn't do raid 5, but OS X does do raid 0, 1, 10,
01 in sw.

-dhan

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