Re: Install and RAID
Lauri Tischler wrote:
>
> Glenn McGrath wrote:
> >
> > Yea, as i see it hot swapping is the main advantage to the type of setup
> > your describing, its a lot of money pay for this one benefit.
>
> Tell me, how would you do a 100 giga-database which needs to be
> online 24/7 ?
> Here's some buzzwords.
> - redundant powersupplyes.
> - RAID-5 if you need speed use Raid-0 and mirror a pair of those.
> - Hot spares on line.
> - Hot swappable.
>
> IMHO, Any raid without hotswapping is good for news-spools where nothing
> is lost if disk breaks. (duck)
> --
I would use a distributed filesystem and fast networking between a few
less powered machines.
Glenn
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