The key to RAID performance with IDE drives is to put each drive on a seperate IDE channel (bus). Then read/writes can be performed on each channel simultaneously (sp?). I have a couple of 13.6 gig UDMA/66 IDE drives running software RAID 1 under RH 6.1 / Samba 2.06 as file server for Windoze client machines and the performance is better than the NT Server/SCSI setup they were on (also runnign s/w RAID 1, at same clock speed. Guess which setup was cheaper?;-)
I've had one fail, and their RMA policy just rocked! All info was available via their web site, downloaded the test utility, got error code, sent drive, promptly replaced!
Having installed both Corel and COL 2.3 I have to agree that Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is the better of the 2 distros overall, and the one currently on my system at home. And for sure the one I would recommend to my Linux-challenged friends...
Nicely done! As a longtime M$ OS user (I didn't say I liked it!) and recent Linux convert, I'd have to agree with your assessment. I manage a 40+ node network at work, all Windows machines of various flavors. NT is the only M$ OS worth using for a business platform, where gaming is not an issue. It's stablity is best described as "decent". The other Win9x stuff is much less stable, but your average user puts up with it because NT can't run many of the Win games...
Our major piece of software at work (we're contract manufacturers by trade) is only available on Windows, so Linux is not a real option for us at this point in time. But I'm certain that I could set one of my "users" (yes Joe User is one of them!) in front of a Linux box running KDE, and as long as I had it all setup for them (like I do with the win boxes) they could run it just as (in?)effectively as the win boxes.
Yea, that Caldera Open Linux 2.2 is a real bear to install, that's why I got my 12 year son to do it for me (well, he did have to ask which video card we had 'cause he didn't want to crack the case open...)
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The key to RAID performance with IDE drives is to put each drive on a seperate IDE channel (bus). Then read/writes can be performed on each channel simultaneously (sp?). I have a couple of 13.6 gig UDMA/66 IDE drives running software RAID 1 under RH 6.1 / Samba 2.06 as file server for Windoze client machines and the performance is better than the NT Server/SCSI setup they were on (also runnign s/w RAID 1, at same clock speed. Guess which setup was cheaper? ;-)
I've had one fail, and their RMA policy just rocked! All info was available via their web site, downloaded the test utility, got error code, sent drive, promptly replaced!
Having installed both Corel and COL 2.3 I have to agree that Caldera Open Linux 2.3 is the better of the 2 distros overall, and the one currently on my system at home. And for sure the one I would recommend to my Linux-challenged friends...
Nicely done! As a longtime M$ OS user (I didn't say I liked it!) and recent Linux convert, I'd have to agree with your assessment. I manage a 40+ node network at work, all Windows machines of various flavors. NT is the only M$ OS worth using for a business platform, where gaming is not an issue. It's stablity is best described as "decent". The other Win9x stuff is much less stable, but your average user puts up with it because NT can't run many of the Win games...
Our major piece of software at work (we're contract manufacturers by trade) is only available on Windows, so Linux is not a real option for us at this point in time. But I'm certain that I could set one of my "users" (yes Joe User is one of them!) in front of a Linux box running KDE, and as long as I had it all setup for them (like I do with the win boxes) they could run it just as (in?)effectively as the win boxes.
Yea, that Caldera Open Linux 2.2 is a real bear to install, that's why I got my 12 year son to do it for me (well, he did have to ask which video card we had 'cause he didn't want to crack the case open...)