Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Keith Keller
On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 09:57:38AM -0500, Thomas Harold wrote: > > Yah, RAID-6 at a minimum, I wouldn't depend on RAID-5, even with a > hot-spare. So to get 10TB, you'd need 13 drives (10 data, 2 parity, 1 > hot-spare). 2TB drives are available for ~$300-$400 each. Eight 2TB disks would provi

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Thomas Harold
On 12/16/2009 9:41 AM, William Warren wrote: > On 12/16/2009 12:10 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > Still going to need 10TB of backups. And i can guarantee you the > chances of having a URE during rebuild are almost certain with this > setup so a backup is going to be crucial. Sounds like a nightmare

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Thomas Harold
On 12/15/2009 7:48 AM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). > (sn

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread William Warren
On 12/16/2009 9:34 AM, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Steve Thompson wrote: > >> On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: >> >> >>> Steve Thompson wrote: >>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handfu

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread William Warren
On 12/16/2009 12:10 AM, Eero Volotinen wrote: > On 12/15/09 2:48 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >> I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS >> box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single >> LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Steve Thompson wrote: > On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > >> Steve Thompson wrote: >>> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Scott Ehrlich wrote: >>> I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). How about eSATA? Surely an

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Steve Thompson
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009, Chan Chung Hang Christopher wrote: > Steve Thompson wrote: >> On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Scott Ehrlich wrote: >> >>> I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS >>> box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single >>> LVM for a cheap stor

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Chan Chung Hang Christopher
Steve Thompson wrote: > On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >> I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS >> box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single >> LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap >> storage in

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-16 Thread Steve Thompson
On Tue, 15 Dec 2009, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). I tri

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Nicholas
Scott, Samba is proven to work with AD, whats the other alternative? You can always tie Samba to the centralised credentials. > Scott Ehrlich wrote: > >> I'd rather not use Samba, as that is its own infrastructure and >> maintains its own credentials database. >> >> -- Nicholas A. Sup

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Keith Keller
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 11:30:13PM -0500, Kristopher Kane wrote: > > I liken this to applying duct tape to the wings of a 747. > > I would look out the window and say, "Neat!" ...and then change your ticket as fast as humanly possible. :) --keith -- kkel...@speakeasy.net __

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Eero Volotinen
On 12/15/09 2:48 PM, Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). Err..

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Kristopher Kane
> The mere thought of doing what your tasked with doing makes me > want to drink a lot of hard alcohol. HA! This thread really made my day. I liken this to applying duct tape to the wings of a 747. I would look out the window and say, "Neat!" nate: that quote is going on my wall at work. So l

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Joseph L. Casale
>> What are my best options? > >The mere thought of doing what your tasked with doing makes me >want to drink a lot of hard alcohol. I'll second that but say I want some alcohol anyway:) Keep in mind that most external usb enclosures don't provide adequate cooling for devices that get written to a

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread nate
Scott Ehrlich wrote: > What are my best options? The mere thought of doing what your tasked with doing makes me want to drink a lot of hard alcohol. As another poster noted get a more proper storage system. If it were me I would just hook the drives to one of the existing windows servers and use

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Toby Bluhm
Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). > > The next fun piece is h

Re: [CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Toby Bluhm
Scott Ehrlich wrote: > I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS > box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single > LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap > storage in a single mount point). > > The next fun piece is h

[CentOS] LVM, usb drives, Active Directory

2009-12-15 Thread Scott Ehrlich
I have a client with a handful of USB drives connected to a CentOS box. I am charged with binding the USB drives together into a single LVM for a cheap storage data pool (10 x 1 TB usb drives = 10 TB cheap storage in a single mount point). The next fun piece is how to incorporate that storage sp