I'd set them up in RAID 1; give the data some redundancy, especially with that much data.
On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 7:12 PM, Kari Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a customer who wants a new server. I convinced him to go with Linux > instead of Windows. He then asked at the end that I put 2-1TB drives in the > server. I assume the second is for storage b/c they deal with pretty large > files. > > In your opinion, what should I do with the second drive? Should I put > Linux on both drives? I was going to do a data partition on the first drive > ... if I did that for both, that would be 4 partitions. What is the best > way to handle this? > > I know this is a rather silly question, but I am unsure how to best utilize > the space on the 2nd drive. It's tempting to put it in an external casing > and just use it as a backup drive. I don't know. > > Opinions welcome, since you're all brilliant. TIA. > > ~kari > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Linux Users > Group. > To post a message, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit our group at > http://groups.google.com/group/linuxusersgroup > -- Daniel
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