On Tue, 29 Jan 2002 12:22, Jason Lim wrote: > > > (as mentioned earlier in the thread, software RAID yields unacceptable > > > performance when there are problems, so for now we'll be going with > > the > > > Use the latest version of LILO, put the LILO boot sector on the start of > > the > > > RAID device for /boot (NB this means you can't use XFS for the file > > system > > > that contains /boot), and install a debian-mbr on both disks. Then if > > the > > > first disk dies you should be able to just swap the disks and have it > > bootable again! > > Unfortunately, if this happens at 3am in the morning, no one wants to go > and manually swap the disk caddies (thats the name for the part that holds > the disk, right?).
That's only an issue if the first drive dies and at the same time something forces a system reboot. What's the chance of those two things happening at the same time while not rendering the machine totally unusable (IE dead motherboard or something equally serious)? > If we go the hardware route, this *should* not be > required as the hardware *should* handle that transparently. Or so I hear. True. > We have a number of "managed" dedicated servers where we do everything... > those are a real hassle to work all the time, but what you pay is what you > get (for the clients). However, I've never had the courage to do a BOFH > act... have you? ;-) What do you mean by a "BOFH act"? The answer is probably. ;) -- http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/ Bonnie++ hard drive benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/postal/ Postal SMTP/POP benchmark http://www.coker.com.au/projects.html Projects I am working on http://www.coker.com.au/~russell/ My home page -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
