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From: "Mike Baggett" <>
Subject: RE: [TMG] OT- OS Choice & RAID-1
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2001 12:49:01 -0400
In-Reply-To: <3BB9CFD9.DE4C15A0@reigelridge.com>


I'm not sure I would purchase from a supplier who prefers Win98SE over
XP. I would question his experience in the computer arena. XP is built
on the same code base as Windows 2000. There is no comparison between
Win2K and Win98. Win2K is extremely stable and offers excellent
compatibility with hardware and software. The only concern I have about
Win2K is Microsoft's predatory new licensing issues. Even given that, I
will be upgrading to Win2K.

Just my humble opinion...

Good luck!

...Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Terry Reigel [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2001 10:32 AM
To:
Subject: [TMG] OT- OS Choice & RAID-1

Off Topic - Please delete if you are not interested in technical stuff
about computer innards.

Well, I guess it's off topic, but it's really running TMG with a fairly
large dataset that's my "excuse" for buying a new computer. I know there
are some people with experience on these issues on the list, but perhaps
it would be best if you reply to do so off list.

I'm talking to a local shop about building a new system - a 1.7G P-IV w/
512 M RAM. My supplier is strongly urging me not to buy XP - primarily
because it's new and bound to have problems. He's suggesting installing
my current copy of Win98 SE instead. I'm drawn by his argument, given
MS's track record, but would on the other hand like to get improved
stability. Anyone have any thoughts?

Also, he's suggesting a pair of 40G HDs running in a RAID-1 mirrored
configuration. This would replace my current practice of using a second
smaller drive and a Bat file with Xcopy to manually make backups of data
files only, as an intermediate backup between copies I make to CD-R.
Anybody have any knowledge or experience with RAID-1 on a workstation?
How much trouble is it? Do disk utilities like Norton and PartitionMagic
work with them? Any idea of what percentage of HD failures occur on the
drives themselves as opposed to the elements that would be shared in a
RAID system? It seems like my current manual system provides a bit more
independence, and hence reliability, though still being subject to
common risks like power surges, and also the risk of the user failing to
use it often enough.

Any thoughts welcome.

Terry Reigel


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