I figure I'll get a 3Ware with an external case.
I need about a TB of usable space for MP tmp files.
And the 3Ware / SATA is FAST!!!
Note: I just discovered that our current IBM 345 with the
optional RAID controller and 6 disks doing a RAID 10 is
HORRIBLE! I don't know if it is the setup or an intrinsic
limitation (yet), but my Bonnie++ tests show it to be about
5 time slower than the nearest machine, and 8 times slower than
my 3Ware SATA setup.
We have 3 of these that were setup at the same time. I've tested
2 of them and they performance the same.
I didn't set it up. The guy who did is gone.
You are going to hate me for this one.
These are the systems I was testing SAP-FB on!!!!!!!
This means I consider the test invalid and I was forced
into NT SQL/Server for no good reason. ARRRGGGGG!!!!
6 months of pain and suffering because I was told to leave
the systems group alone when they set stuff up so I didn't
QC / performance test then. The weren't to be my systems
at all. I had 3 days to install and test SAP-DB then they got
handed to the final users.
Never again.