On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Chuck Mead wrote:
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, David Mandala said:
>
> DM>Hmmm, which RAID, linux or hardware? Nope I don't think we can assume it's
> DM>an operational staple on many/most production servers. It might be worth
> DM>doing at L3.
>
> I think the discussion is centering around both software and hardware
> implementations... bear in mind... we want to test what people believe a senior
> sys-admin needs to know... I cannot imagine that RAID implementations,
> maintenance and troubleshooting would not be a part of that.
>
I do think you would be suprised. While you are right, for sysadmins just
a few years ago, it's not quite so true anymore. As hard disks (both IDE
and SCSI) continue to grow, and become cheaper and cheaper, even in
servers, RAID is becoming less and less popular, as it isn't as economical
as it used to be.
Many new Linux sysadmins aren't being tossed RAID by default, but only get
into it for specialized systems.
I agree with Scott here. I think that RAID would need to be subject to the
Job analysis survey.
-Kara Pritchard, RHCE
AD for Program Development, LPI
> DM>Quoting Stephen Holcomb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
> DM>> It seems that because RAID is an operational staple on many/most production
> DM>> servers, it is wholly appropriate to the L2 level. Comments?
> DM>>
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> DM>> Subject: Re: LPIC-2 Job Description - Review & Comments Requested
> DM>>
> DM>>
> DM>> > On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Chuck Mead wrote:
> DM>> >
> DM>> > > It's my opinion that the Level III exams are intended to provide a
> DM>> certification
> DM>> > > avenue for high level Linux folk who want to specialize. For this reason
> DM>> the
> DM>> > > rubber meets the road in *THIS* level
> DM>> >
> DM>> > Good point, Chuck.
> DM>> >
> DM>> > One of the principle that should guide our planning for L2 is that this is
> DM>> > the last level in which everyone will take the same exams. After L2,
> DM>> > candidates will take only elective exams in specialized area. So any
> DM>> > material that should be known by ALL top level system admins needs to be
> DM>> > included here in L2. In other words, L2 provides the least common
> DM>> > denominator for advanced system administrators.
> DM>> >
> DM>> > > I am going to bring it up now... what do folks think about testing
> DM>> xinetd? It is
> DM>> > > much more configurable than wrappers and provides a higher level of
> DM>> security
> DM>> > > when properly implemented!
> DM>> >
> DM>> > I doubt it should be included since it is not standard. When we do the job
> DM>> > analysis study, xinetd probably will rate very low because few are using
> DM>> > it. Of course, that may change in the future.
> DM>> >
> DM>> > > Perhaps we may want to get into some RAID here... we *are* talking about
> DM>> > > advanced hardware devices here! We should also discuss software RAID as
> DM>> the
> DM>> > > raid1 implementation in the 0.90 raidtools is very nice and quite
> DM>> stable!
> DM>> >
> DM>> > I don't know. Perhaps this should be saved for an "advanced system
> DM>> > perfornance enhancement" elective at L3. What do others think?
> DM>> >
> DM>> > -Scott
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