Hi Chris, My first comment, if you're already at 800 GB, then you'll probably be wanting something bigger then 1 TB in short order. Having said that, there is merit in both ways of going about what you want to do.
Option 1, adding a second hard disk and setting up a mirror. If you're new to Linux and want to learn how to go about doing this, it isn't a bad idea. You'll end up with a mirrored system and in the end you'll also learn a whole lot more about how Linux handles file storage, disk space, RAID setups, etc. Always a good thing to know. However for learning how to do things in Rivendell, this may not be the best approach. For Option 2, this would be pretty straight forward. Install Linux (the broadcast appliance) as a mirrored / RAID setup, install Rivendell then restore your /var/snd and your database. And as long as you use the same machine name and IP address you'll be back up and running in no time. While you might not learn as much about the inner workings of Linux, in some ways this may be more valuable to you as you will learn how to restore a Rivendell database and audio files from a backup and get the system back up and running. Always a good thing to know for that time when something fries the entire system and you find yourself restoring from backup. I will mention unless you're using a system with a high-end RAID controller card, I'd recommend going with the Linux software-based RAID setup as opposed to some of the RAID setups they have on some motherboards. The reason? Aside from the fact that a lot of the onboard RAID's only seem to work with Windows, if something happens to fry your system's motherboard, if you've used the Linux software RAID then you can install your hard disks in another system and it'll still see your RAID array. If you use an onboard / hardware based RAID then you're stuck looking for something with an identical chipset. Lorne Tyndale > > I'm getting nervous that the system I started "playing" with > will turn into my main on-air system for my LPFM. > > That would be ok for the library and configuration but not so > lovely for the non-mirrored, single disk hardware. > > I originally installed from the broadcast appliance disk 2.2.1 > > So, now I'm thinking I have two good options. > > a) I could buy a second drive and put it in this box and set up > post-install mirroring. > > b) I could buy two larger disks, install the appliance disk from > scratch, set up mirroring, then do a restore of my database > and copy over my library. That would probably be good in the > long run because my internal disk is only (!) 1TB and there > are 3-4TB disks for not a whole lot of money. > > Am I missing anything? Is a restore-into-new-install a viable option? > Will a restore of old BA database into a newer BA environment work? > > (I did find the wiki page on Migrating_Systems, sticking with the > current BA version looks like it would work.) > > I don't have any automated rdcatch events or downloads or switching, > just carts and clocks and a 800GB library. > > Any advice? > > Chris Howard > Classic Book Radio > Columbus, MS > > _______________________________________________ > Rivendell-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev _______________________________________________ Rivendell-dev mailing list [email protected] http://caspian.paravelsystems.com/mailman/listinfo/rivendell-dev
