Sandy Drobic wrote: > I asked my boss if it would be worth adding a few hundred Euros in cost to > get hot-plug and hardware raid where the only action neccessary for a disk > replacement would be to stand in front of the server and simply plug in > the replacement for the broken server. That way my stand-in would only > need to know that the disk is broken and how to push the button to pop out > the disk and then plug in the new disk. > > He immediately saw the light and signed the order for the server with > hardware raid and hot-plug disks. > > I have little experience with software raid, but these steps don't entice > me very much to start playing around with it. Compared to the costs of a > standing server and the risk of a mistyped command on the command line > when your blood pressure is already elevated due to the alert situation I > am not convinced it is worth the hassle. > > It might be different for a server or workstation at home where cost is > the most important factor. > > I bought this server "refurbished" for only $150 (CDN). It also makes a great space heater! ;-)
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