Hi Peter, On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Hieromonk Peter wrote:
> But you are absolutely right, in that not all servers need raid. And if you > have good backups and enough technically competant people that can handle > problems when they arise, have at it... Why bother with a raid? If it's a production server doing anything at all that people care about, then having at least a RAID 1 setup means that a hard disk failure doesn't bring the server to an immediate halt. Even if you have the hardware, software, and backup data (up to the point of failure?) to bring the system back online in an hour (and I'd be very impressed at that amount of time!), what's an hour worth to people who were using the system for something useful? What if they lose a day's worth of work in the process? If your goal as a sysadmin is to provide excellent service to your customers (and it should be!) then please buy a 2-port 3ware card and an extra disk for all your production servers. Total "extra" cost: $200. The 3ware cards are super easy to use and their 3DM software will even send you an email when something happens, so it's a setup and forget solution. Then you can replace the failed disk at a time that's good for your customers and keep them focused on the mission of your organization. Really, you're doing *everyone* (including yourself!) a favor by using at least RAID 1 in any production system. Jason ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _____________________________________________________________________ Ltsp-discuss mailing list. To un-subscribe, or change prefs, goto: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ltsp-discuss For additional LTSP help, try #ltsp channel on irc.freenode.net
