"Mark" <mark.wooldridge@camNOSPAMcon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<blcc94$ggb$1@andromeda.camcon.co.uk>...
> Hi,
>
> I am currently looking at attaching some RAID disk to our E4500.
>
> The A1000 is a hardware RAID system but uses a SBUS card in the E4500.
> The 5200 uses a GBIC card added to the E4500 and is Software Raid ( Veritas)
>
> Can anyone suggest advantages/disadvantages for both systems?
>
> I am mainly worried about the performance of software RAID.
>
> The data stored would be a mixture of Large ( 1-2GB) and small 300K files.
> There is NO Database system in use.
>
> The applications accessing the data are Matlab/Synopsys/Eldo/Xilinx.
>
> I have already obtained pricing and the 5200 option is actually 100UKP
> cheaper!!!
> This is with a full A1000 and a half full 5200.
>
> Any help gratefully appreciated,
>
> Mark


Hey Mark,

i think it's better you have a look for the 3310 / 3350 - storages.
The 3310 is for SCSI and the 3350 for FC. Both with RAID-Controller.
A1000 and 5200 are older and there EOL is reached.

Hope to help you.

Klaus Grote