Re: Write-up on RAID

Michael E Willett (mew@world.std.com) wrote: : JTL writes: : >...write-up on RAID... : We have a number of technical reports and whitepapers that explain the : architectural advances of RAID 7 over the earlier RAID levels developed : back in the mid-80s. Storage Computer first had a RAID 3 prototype : operating in 1984, and has been working to improved the performance of : RAIDs since that date. Mike: I've seen some flamewars regarding your product. Please clarify for me in this forum: 1. What ***exactly*** is RAID level 7? 2. Does anyone **else** use the term "RAID 7" or is this just a buzzword that you guys have dreamed up to mean RAID 5 with a RAM-Disk? Your repeated postings about your product in C.D.I. arouse both my interest as a performance tuner and my suspicions about snake-oil salesmen as a professional skeptic. Which side of my schizophrenic nature is right? Regards, Joe : Mike : Michael Willett, EE : Storage Computer Corp. : 11 Riverside Street : Nashua, NH 03062 : Tel. 603-880-3005 : :::I/O-accelerated, very fast disk arrays for all SCSI systems to 1,000 GB::: -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Joe Lumbley(jlumbley@netcom.com) Dallas, Texas author of: INFORMIX DBA Survival Guide from Prentice-Hall/Informix Press ISBN 0-13-124314-4 (12431-3) Now available in bookstores orders: orders@prenhall.com (515) 284-6761 fax (515) 284-2607 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------