On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Steve Fulton wrote:
>I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but
>I'd like advice on this question:
>
>Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of
>RAID is best for storing /Maildir's on a file server (that will be
>accessible to the SMTP & POP servers via NFS). Redudancy is the big
>issue, otherwise I'd go for RAID 1. The suits are pushing for RAID 5
>because they don't know better - and won't listen.
>
> Steve.
Well, not knowing anything about what system you are running, I'll still take a
stab at a recommendation. The system that we use here is an x86 system running
SuSE Linux 6.4. The only IDE (because I don't need expensive SCSI shit) raid
controller I found that would definitely work for what I wanted (redundancy,
which is also what you said you wanted) is an Arco Duplidisk. Works in any
system that has a PCI slot, even ones that don't natively support PCI (eg.
DOS). Sure, the setup of the card is done by booting off a DOS floppy, but
after that the card is never seen again by you unless a drive fails. In other
words, this is probably the easiest solution for you.
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