Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 13:15:48 +0200 From: "Michael Schuh" <michael.schuh@gmail.com> To: "Peter Jeremy" <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Needs suggestion for redundant Storage Message-ID: <1dbad3150604110415h2941769ahcd014548f8ed8b77@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20060410185035.GC739@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <1dbad3150604070754m6702e6acw2175c306504f3c13@mail.gmail.com> <4436A2B4.4010608@mac.com> <1dbad3150604100511v6a0d27a9kb38920ee280dab2c@mail.gmail.com> <20060410185035.GC739@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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> You probably can't replace defective hardware so fast that the users > don't notice. They will probably also notice when a system crash > garbles the filesystem. that was the reason why i would make a mirrored system with CARP and ggated....... > > Based on your comments of low cost and massive size, I presume you > can't afford a proper backup solution either. This is a recipe for > disaster if the data is valuable. yes, i can't backup this amount of data at this moment, but this was not the focus...yet > > >> Do not get a Silicon Image SATA controller. > >Why not? > > Read the mailing lists - they are full of problems with them. If > you value your data you will not use Sil controller. > yes, this do i also know, but if i have a lot of them, and 2 falls out, so what happens if i had another box with my data? i know my job moves mor to disaster recovery than to administer........ but we can't get all the things that we wish..... > >> At the very least, get a multiport SATA RAID controller with a decent-= sized > >> RAM cache of its own and an internal battery to keep the drives going = until > >> that cache can be flushed. As well as an external UPS, right...? > >> > >I can also agree with you.......but the management......get not my frien= ds > >with this....... :-)) > > They will be even less your friends when your cheap-n-nasty solution > loses some valuable files. Oh that was fist not my idea, the management has questioned these features, in have said "OMG you aore not serious", but is it...... :-(( so that is better for me and my job to make what management wishes, later i can say.....i have you warned...... but thanks for these suggestions, that gives me more arguments for my suggested solutions......NAS/SAN...... regards michael
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