On 9 May 00, at 11:15, Rohit wrote:
> Raju, you have piqued my curiousity.
Hmmm...this is an expression I'm seeing for the first time:)
> 1. What is RAID
RAID makes use of multiple HDDs and gives a functionality of storing
data in partitions which can be distributed across drives(something
akin to that). That way, if one of your drives crashes, then the
system is not hit as badly as it should be:)It is absolutely
essential for servers that run 24x7 as well as database backends
> 3. Can it be useful on a PC? Our workstations? Are we already using it?
'Course you can, but then do you have many disks?? Since you were
talking of ReiserFS a few days back, then it should suffice for a
workstation.
> Links? Pointers?
There is a Multi-Disk Howto that deals with RAID, as well as another
to install it for a RH system. And yes, Raju will soon contribute
one:)
> since I neither have a Linux machine here nor netaccess. kind souls with
> few minutes to spare please reply
Well, since you have email, what stops you from accessing the net via
email?? I had to do the same at one time because the net speed at my
place was abysmal.
Now here's something for Raju..
1. Why have you installed RAID with Reiserfs?? Does ReiserFS support
RAID (which is _fast_!)When i last heard(and that was quite some time
back), the ReiserFS was not doing very well with the 2.3.xx
kernels..is the scene better now?
2. What about options like ext3 or for that matter, SGI's much
delayed XF3?
3. Since you've already got the system up, how much system resources
does sw RAID draw?
-Regards
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