I opt for the green M&M's. -- ME2
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Steve Ens <[email protected]> wrote: > You choose the red pill, or the blue pill...sometimes I opt for the green > one. > > > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:00 PM, Jonathan Link <[email protected]>wrote: > >> How would you know the difference between the dream world and the real >> world? >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 3:55 PM, Joseph Heaton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Sometimes I feel a part of this community, and others, I feel like such >>> an outsider... >>> >>> >>> John Cook <[email protected]> 4/8/2011 12:48 PM >>> >>> (Jedi hand wave) You don't need to see our credentials, we're free to >>> go... >>> John W. Cook >>> Systems Administrator >>> Partnership for Strong Families >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: Bill Humphries <[email protected]> >>> To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected]> >>> Sent: Fri Apr 08 15:40:48 2011 >>> Subject: Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> >>> crap. should i really know what AM you are talking about? >>> >>> bill >>> >>> Steven M. Caesare wrote: >>> > >>> > **Ahem.** >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -sc >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > *From:* Andrew S. Baker [mailto:[email protected]] >>> > *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 1:52 PM >>> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> > *Subject:* Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Yes, you're the Um, no, it's currently down for everyone. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > **ASB **(Professional Bio <http://about.me/Andrew.S.Baker/bio>) >>> > **Technology Services that Maximize Business Results...*** >>> > * >>> > ** ** >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:45 PM, John Cook <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Speaking of softballs, am I the only one not getting AM emails???? >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > *John W. Cook* >>> > >>> > *System Administrator* >>> > >>> > *Partnership For Strong Families* >>> > >>> > *5950 NW 1st Place* >>> > >>> > *Gainesville, Fl 32607* >>> > >>> > *Office (352) 244-1610 <tel:%28352%29%20244-1610>* >>> > >>> > *Cell (352) 215-6944 <tel:%28352%29%20215-6944>* >>> > >>> > *MCSE, MCP+I, MCTS, CompTIA A+, N+, VSP4, VTSP4* >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > *From:* Jonathan Link [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > *Sent:* Friday, April 08, 2011 1:44 PM >>> > >>> > >>> > *To:* NT System Admin Issues >>> > *Subject:* Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > There's only so much of your day that can be taken up by softball. >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Don Ely <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> > Why are you trying to ruin my retirement? >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Link >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>> > >>> > I thought we'd disabused you of the notion that you need a [high >>> > end] SAN? >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > Granted the high end ones are nice and they have their uses, but your >>> > just looking to store files on it. Are you going to virtualize all >>> > your servers, rely on Vmotion or some other tool to ensure high >>> > availability, or do you need to provide data access to a large number >>> > of disparate servers? Consider looking at some of the lower end >>> > offerings from Synology and Qnap (heard good things), and avoid Drobo >>> > (heard not so good things) and stay away from Buffalo (don't touch >>> > that, it's pure evil). >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > This "project" has been on your dockett for over a year now, hasn't >>> > it? Awaiting funding? The Synology and Qnap offerings are pretty >>> > affordable, and get you into iSCSI access realm. Also, whatever >>> > happened to your project about setting up your own storage server? >>> > With Windows Server 2008 R2 having access to the iSCSI target software >>> > MS recently released, that becomes an option now, too. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:55 PM, John Aldrich >>> > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > wrote: >>> > >>> > Yeah.... I was keeping that in mind... Very good points to consider, >>> too. >>> > :-) Mostly just going to be storing stuff that is primarily used for >>> > reference and things like that. At least that's how we're using our >>> file >>> > server now. Very little "writing" going on, but a lot of "reading" of >>> > files. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > >>> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:47 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > If you're using Exchange 2010 then you're still not going to be pushing >>> > a lot of IOPS. It could be more of an issue if you had a SQL or >>> > intensive ERP app etc. >>> > >>> > It isn't black and white IMO. Buy a SAN like an Equallogic and all >>> your >>> > disks are in one big RAID set. Buy a dumber SAN like an MD3000i and >>> you >>> > can have as few or as many RAID sets as your physical disks support, >>> buy >>> > a P4000 and your nodes give you redundancy as does your RAID level, so >>> > you see what I mean, it isn't a one size fits all thing really. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: 08 April 2011 17:42 >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > Well, I don't think we'll have a whole lot of IOPS, unless / until I >>> > bring email in-house, in which case I might just have it on it's own >>> > dedicated server with plenty of disk space on-board and back that up to >>> > the SAN. :-) >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:24 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > You need to weigh up price vs. performance needs vs. risk tolerance. >>> > >>> > RAID6 is fantastic for data reliability, but if your workload is write >>> > intensive you're pretty screwed if you go with RAID6. >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: 08 April 2011 17:13 >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > Would you prefer RAID6 or RAID10? Practically, what would you accept -- >>> > RAID 5, RAID 6, what? Just trying to think ahead for when I have a >>> > chance to order a SAN. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 12:06 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > Our new servers are ordered that way. >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: Steven M. Caesare [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 3:16 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > IF your controller supports it, ADG (RAID6) is even better than RAID5 + >>> > spare, IMO. >>> > >>> > -sc >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: John Hornbuckle [mailto:[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>] >>> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 2:43 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > I've gotten so paranoid about this kind of situation happening here >>> that >>> > I have two hotspares in my servers. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > John Hornbuckle >>> > MIS Department >>> > Taylor County School District >>> > www.taylor.k12.fl.us <http://www.taylor.k12.fl.us/> >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -----Original Message----- >>> > From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected] >>> >] >>> > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 1:03 PM >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > Subject: Re: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > No hot spare. >>> > John W. Cook >>> > Systems Administrator >>> > Partnership for Strong Families >>> > >>> > ----- Original Message ----- >>> > From: Steven M. Caesare <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > To: NT System Admin Issues <[email protected] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> >>> > Sent: Thu Apr 07 13:01:32 2011 >>> > Subject: RE: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > >>> > If you don't have a hot spare then NO! >>> > >>> > If you do have a hot spare, then it should have kicked in when the >>> > previous drive failed, and you would currently not be seeing any >>> > rebuilds with the drive you already replaced... >>> > >>> > I'd recommend against it. >>> > >>> > -sc >>> > >>> > > -----Original Message----- >>> > > From: John Cook [mailto:[email protected] <mailto: >>> [email protected]>] >>> > > Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2011 12:58 PM >>> > > To: NT System Admin Issues >>> > > Subject: Opinion on rebuilding Raid 5 >>> > > >>> > > So I have a Dell 2850 with 6 drives in raid 5 and one completely >>> > failed and >>> > > another is predicted to according to the OpenManage software. I >>> > replaced >>> > > the failed one and it's rebuilding but I was wondering if anyone has >>> > an >>> > > opinion on whether or not I can replace the suspect drive before the >>> > other >>> > > one completes it's rebuild as this is a remote office and I really >>> > don't want to >>> > > drive back out here just to swap a drive out. >>> > > John W. 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