Re: hitachi thunder 9500v modular storage system and debian
On Thu, 10 Feb 2005, Mitchell Laks wrote:
> Hi,
> I need to move 14 terabytes of data on 35 linux servers to a single backup
> linux machine.
fun stuff :-)
> I use debian for my servers and they (MIS department) wants me to use redhat.
that is because hitachi officially supports rh ... along with suse and
turbolinux
if you use debian ... you need to calculate your risks against data loss
and incmpatibility with other subsystems where 14TB or more of data
is at stake
in theory, all distro is almost identical except that if there's a
problem, you do want a 3rd party vendor to also have to answer "questions"
why and how did this happen and how to fix it and prevent it next time
> I assume I will be given drivers as kernel modules and I can just modprobe
> them and add to them to initrd via mkinitrd.
i doubt that you need to make a custom initrd, as you are not booting
from it
> Any one experienced know more about doing this sort of thing?
lots of fun when lots of data and $$$ is at risk
> My sole experience to date has been with 3ware and adaptec hardware raid
> cards, and linux software raid. Any pointers would be appreciated. I dont
> want to look bad to MIS :).
3ware is a toy compared to the big boys of
hitachi/fujitsu/nec/ibm/emc/veritas/...
===> use redhat whatever version they claim to be supporting
per their "technical specs"
===> if something breaks overnight, you do not want to be the one that
intalled a foreign hw into the previously well tested environment
by the big boyz
===> make sure you have 14TB of data backed up some place else too
vs putting all your corp data in one basket
300GB disks is $200 now days ... 1TB is about $800 ( cheap insurance
policy ) to protect 14TB of corp data
c ya
alvin
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