John, > On Sep 11, 2020, at 5:27 PM, John DeSoi via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >> On Sep 11, 2020, at 3:38 PM, Randy Kaempen via 4D_Tech >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I have a client with about a dozen users and a 230GB data file. They >> upgraded their server and we got a top of the line Mac Mini. Since we >> expect to use it for a number of years, we got the best processor and maxed >> out the memory. You can never have too much memory. We also got the SSD >> drive so there won’t be any issues with drives crashing. > > I think SSDs are way more reliable, but I have never heard they are so > reliable that a second disk is no longer necessary. Any serious database > application needs to keep the database on a different disk from the backup > and journal files. I have a similar Mac Mini setup but added the fastest > external thunderbolt disk I could find for the journal file and backup files.
Agreed. For the record, the client that uses the external SSD has their backups and journals on the SSD on the Mac itself, so they _are_ on separate drives. We also have an offsite backup to Backblaze. I also have a client who has their Time Machine backup on a Drobo, which gives double backup. Randy Kaempen Intellex Corporation ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) New Forum: https://discuss.4D.com Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
