Netware fileserver based on SATA

[Toomas Aas]

Hello!

Like probably most of us, I have a long history of running servers  
with SCSI disks. Our "main server" currently is an IBM System x3550,  
connected to HP MSA1500 FC storage where it is using space on a RAID5  
built of 12 146GB 10krpm U320 disks. SYS: and C: are on server's  
internal disks (SAS).

We've had this setup for almost two years and it's been working well.  
However, as the time has come to add more disk space, I've started  
thinking that maybe SATA disks (which the MSA1500 supports) are fast  
and reliable enough now so they can be used for NSS volumes. Compared  
to other servers which are connected to the same FC storage (Lotus  
Domino), the IO load generated by Netware really seems rather  
microscopic, even though this is pretty much an all-in-one server -  
file storage (350 users), iPrint (100 printers), ZDM7 (350  
workstations) all running on one box.

What do you think?
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Toomas Aas