hi ya chris
one "machine" being taken offline does NOT mean that the
"website" is down etc... there should be other disks/systems that
continues merrily...along while the "down'd box is being reviewed
if the customers only have one or two systems ... they have to
allow some down time for (preventative) maintenance ( sooner or later ?? )
"two or three hot standby complete systems is preferable
than "hot swap disks"... ?? just my silly ideas of wahat
causes failures... disks, fans, power supp, hubs, nic wires,
power cords, hitting power switch, hitting reset switches,
etc..etc...
( disks dont fail as often as the other items...imho )
- no matter how the system/disk went down... how long before the
original system is back online usually dictates the costs to
keep the "servers" up and running as if no disk/system is taken
offline ???
thanx
alvin
On Fri, 22 Dec 2000, ritz wrote:
> > From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Dec 22 19:57:11 2000
> >
> > hi ritz
> >
> > yeah....some people like hot spares....
> > some people like raid5 vs raid0/1 etc...
> >
> > i tend not to care about hot swap....cause if the disk has to be
> > swapped out...might as well shut the box down and do other maintenance
> > tooo ( replace fans ?? check cpu temp ??? etc...
> > - see what cause the disk to fail....how it failed etc
>
> Some folks have the luxury of being able to take machines offline.
>
> > we have a 1U chassis...standard depth ( 25" ) that can handle
> > 8 drives.... w/ mb and all the goodies....
> > a smaller chassis ( 23" deep ) supports 6 drives...
>
> Where do you get your chassis? I've never seen a 1RU unit that
> could take 8 drives.....ever.
>
> Regards,
>
> Chris
>
> --
> Chris Mauritz
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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