On Monday 29 April 2002 19:44, you wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 11:34:48AM +0100, Robert Davies wrote:
> > On Saturday 27 April 2002 11:20, you wrote:
> Simon suggested Hardware Raid but that I guess would also cause problems
> if the OS can't drive the card. So I guess that limits to basic IDE with
> either a spare redundant drive and daily backups or tape?
The IDE RAID cards are really software RAID, making use of a software RAID at
the driver level, which is why these features aren't directly supported.
Makes more sense to use normal Linux software RAID, than rely on these
proprietary features.
The multiple mobo's in a case is the 'blade' idea, but don't go there, as
unusual requirements are always expensive.
As for the comments on SMP and multi-media benchmarks, it really does depend
on what you intend using the machine for. SMP does double speed of compiles,
which can be significant, or simply leaves you with a responsive machine, if
you just make on one cpu. It is true that SMP won't result in a
noticeable speed improvement, in normal use under a desktop. Even software
3D rendering seems to be done in client process, rather than in the X server,
which is wrong place to exploit a second CPU for a game.
Rob
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