Thanks!  Perfect!  I don't know why I'm such a bonehead sometimes.  If I did
this every day, it'd be easier, but these types of requests are pretty
hit-and-miss.  Why is convincing someone to go with Linux so rare?

Best,
Kari





On Sat, Jan 9, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Daniel Eggleston <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>
>>
>>
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