Re: What is the point of RAID?

[Mark Allums <mark@allums.com>]

Mark Allums wrote:
> Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. wrote:
>
> > RAID is "old school"/"old guard", but it works very well.  I'm not a 
> > big believer in ZFS, because I believe a separation between the 
> > filesystem and block-device management makes the whole system for 
> > flexible and useful.
>
> This is a good point.  I guess, like everything else, "it depends". 
> Application, user, etc., etc.  I need something fairly foolproof and   
> also, fairly turnkey.  A well-thought-out and implemented RAID would 
> work for me if the performance were adequate and an operator need do 
> nothing on a red light but push a button, swap the drive, push the 
> button again.  Alas, it seems it is always either too expensive or more 
> complicated than that (or both).
>
> MArk Allums

I would like to reply to myself again; this time, to offer up a disclaimer:

I am not a consultant, nor administer large systems professionally.  I 
take a personal interest in this subject.

So please, do not take what I say as advice, but only as talking points. 
 I say what I believe, and believe what I say, and would take my own 
advice, but after rereading the thread, I realize that from the above, 
one might get the impression that I am the boss, or that this kind of 
thing is a regular occurrence in my job.  I hope I didn't mislead anyone.

Sincerely,

Mark Allums