Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2001 17:02:26 -0400 From: "Troy Settle" <troy@psknet.com> To: "Forrest W. Christian" <forrestc@imach.com>, <freebsd-isp@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: RAID/vinum options (mail server) Message-ID: <JAEDJCJPAKDPNHAOGCDCAECGCAAA.troy@psknet.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0106201203200.11185-100000@workhorse.iMach.com>
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Funny post. I just had a drive fail on me today. I'm using an AMI Expres 200 (466) controller, and while the alarm drove me nutz for a while until I could silence it, I was able to pull the bad drive, and the array is still trucking right along. If you like, I'll post an update when I get the new drive installed and the array repaired. -- Troy Settle Pulaski Networks 540.994.4254 http://www.psknet.com ** -----Original Message----- ** From: owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG ** [mailto:owner-freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Forrest W. Christian ** Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:15 PM ** To: freebsd-isp@freebsd.org ** Subject: RAID/vinum options (mail server) ** ** ** I'm needing to find a RAID solution for our mail server. ** ** This is primarily for data integrity. So the solution MUST be ** robust. In the past I've had raid controllers which freaked at loosing a ** disk and refused to work with the array. Needless to say I was pissed. ** ** I am not opposed to vinum. I would like to hear more about it's ** restrictions specifically in regards to the boot partition (meaning can I ** vinum a slice on the same disk as the root partition) and it's robustness ** on disk failure. The docs for vinum aren't too specific on this, unless ** someone knows of some docs I don't know about. ** ** Cost is an issue but not a really big one (Don't go suggesting a $10k ** controller). Performance is not really an issue. A single IDE drive ** (WD400BB UDMA66) is taking the load now just fine, although the peaks ** (rare) are getting near the theoretical tps max. ** ** Mainly I'm looking for experiences good and bad with different options. ** ** Thanks for the info. ** ** - Forrest W. Christian (forrestc@imach.com) AC7DE ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** The Innovation Machine Ltd. P.O. Box 5749 ** http://www.imach.com/ Helena, MT 59604 ** Home of PacketFlux Technogies and BackupDNS.com (406)-442-6648 ** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Protect your personal freedoms - visit http://www.lp.org/ ** ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org ** with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message ** ** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isp" in the body of the message
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