What happened to RAID 6? Noone liked those $3,000 controllers? On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 2:01 AM, Yaakov Smith <m4ngr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's the beauty of RAID5 - you're only in trouble if 2 HDDs fail at once. > If you're worried about that, then that's what RAID10 is for. > > -----Original Message----- > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Mike Stiehm > Sent: Wednesday, 29 April 2009 8:22 AM > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > One month after I sent my server to my colo I had a hd fail on me. > Thank god for raid 5 > > Kenny Loggins > ClanAO.com > > On Apr 28, 2009, at 3:22 PM, "SmOoThEm" <ad...@righttorule.com> wrote: > > > Also, if you colo your servers like we do then a hd failure costs a > > lot of > > time and money to get the os reloaded vs replacing one disk and > > having no > > downtime. ;) > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Adam Nowacki > > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:42 PM > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > > > msleeper wrote: > >> Frankly I don't know why you would want to have a RAID setup for your > >> game server anyway. Maybe you do something differently than I do > >> but I > >> don't keep any sensitive or un-backed up data on mine, and even > >> then it > >> can all be replaced pretty easily. Plugins can be redownloaded, > >> maps can > >> be reuploaded, configs can be replaced. Adding RAID is just > >> complicating > >> things unnecessarily. > > > > Because another disk is just so cheap compared to the total server > > price, and you get high reliability and better read performance almost > > for free. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 4041 (20090428) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > http://www.eset.com > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature > database 4041 (20090428) __________ > > 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
