Hey all, I arrived at school today to discover that the hard drive on my LTSP server was dead. Dead enough that the computer didn't even realize it was there after I rebooted.
Luckily, all the user data is on a RAID array of two other drives that should, hopefully, be okay if I can provide a boot device and get them mounted. However, I'm starting to regret not backing up the root partition, since all of my settings, tweaks, and my LDAP database are gone. Luckily, it's summer, so I have some time to fix things. Two questions: 1. Is there anything I should try with the dead drive before officially declaring it deceased and giving up? I could try connecting it to a couple of other computers and see if it shows up... 2. What do people suggest for speediness and reliability? I run a 30-seat fat client lab, so the server hard drive only gets used for DHCP, loading the OS, programs, authentication, and routing internet to the clients. Should I consider an SSD (if I put /tmp and /var on some other drive) or is it not worth it? Same question with so-called "enterprise" drives? Are they worth the increased cost or should I just get a well-regarded consumer drive? Thanks, Todd ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _____________________________________________________________________ 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
