>> Also consider putting some extra cash down on a hw raid controller, and >> 2 scsi disks for each machine, and run raid 1 on them, for even more >> failover safety. >> > > but that doubles the cost of the machine and makes for a more complex > system - if that type of money is available, the extra box is probably > more useful > > i don't agree, the cost of a hw raid card and a second scsi disk is more money than one sata disk, but it does not exactly double the price. setting up openbsd on a raided machine is also extremely simple (provided you use a supported raid card of course).
the harddrives, next after the psu:s, are in my experience the most common points of failure, so whenever i set up a server to be used in production (even if it has a carp buddy) i try to make sure they are raided also. alec
