Oh sorry, I was thinking raid0. Ignore message plz. -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Lane Eckley Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 2:20 PM To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose
Ok, I will bite, how does RAID 1 increase the chance of dataloss? -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Yaakov Smith Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:14 AM To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose Raid1 increases the chance of data loss. -----Original Message----- From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Adam Nowacki Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:56 PM To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose Just remember it is only a game server that will read some data every now and then (and almost entirely on map change), not a database server doing hundreds of transactions a second. Two 7200rpm drives in software raid1 will be more than enough and sit idle most of the time. mdma wrote: > Thanks for your response too, all suggestions or ideas are welcome and > greatly appreciated everyone. > We are trying to future proof ourselves, and to minimise any hiccups that > could be caused by slower SATA drives. > Hence the question about fast 10krpm sata's or 15krpm SAS drives, we are > still leaning towards SAS even though they are > a bit expensive. > If it means we run into less problems, down the track when the box does get > more of a load on it, we 'll probably go for it(SAS hdd's now rather than > later). > I really cant see the point of spending more money now on sata's that will > probably evenutally have to be upgraded to SAS drives. > The money would be better spent now on just buying good quality fast drives > and a nice 3ware controller. _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4038 (20090427) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4038 (20090427) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4038 (20090427) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 4038 (20090427) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
