For context, in 2003, only Windows Server did RAID – it was disabled in the Home, Pro and other workstation flavours. Linux had RAID of course but you needed to use complex cryptic command-line stuff to set it up, and most distros’ installers couldn’t handle it. Definitely not on USB!
Mac OS X was the first end-user desktop OS to present the full unrestricted functionality of this server-level stuff and wrap a nice easy GUI on it, too.
I remember when this came out and I just aged 21 years in a single second.
I know how you feel…
Now I know what to do with my two 5.25” floppy drives from the Apple ][ era ;-)
Something like that?
I wonder what the transfer rate was for sequential disransfers?
Really not very much, I suspect.
WIRED quotes some performance numbers…
https://archive.ph/Hos3u
The article includes the same numbers from the wired article as well as the numbers for the 2x speed drives!
Fair enough. TBH I did not look that closely. ;-)
For context, in 2003, only Windows Server did RAID – it was disabled in the Home, Pro and other workstation flavours. Linux had RAID of course but you needed to use complex cryptic command-line stuff to set it up, and most distros’ installers couldn’t handle it. Definitely not on USB!
Mac OS X was the first end-user desktop OS to present the full unrestricted functionality of this server-level stuff and wrap a nice easy GUI on it, too.