Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-08 Thread Krsnendu dasa
On 08/11/2007, Sebastien Koechlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6, 2007 5:00 PM, Krsnendu dasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raid 10? If you try to increase disk throughput, yes; but LVM2 is really, really more powerful than aggregation. Translation? RAID 10 with LVM2 on it is faster /

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-08 Thread Krsnendu dasa
Raid 10? On 06/11/2007, Sebastien Koechlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6, 2007 2:34 AM, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about if I use 4x250Gb (SATA-II) and I would like to use Software RAID-5 ? Is it recomended for LTSP server ? I'll use k12ltsp-6. To do reliable

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-07 Thread Sebastien Koechlin
On Nov 7, 2007 6:18 PM, Krsnendu dasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 08/11/2007, Sebastien Koechlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 6, 2007 5:00 PM, Krsnendu dasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raid 10? If you try to increase disk throughput, yes; but LVM2 is really, really more powerful than

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-07 Thread Sebastien Koechlin
On Nov 6, 2007 5:00 PM, Krsnendu dasa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Raid 10? If you try to increase disk throughput, yes; but LVM2 is really, really more powerful than aggregation. -- Sébastien Koechlin - This SF.net email is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-06 Thread Sebastien Koechlin
On Nov 6, 2007 2:34 AM, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about if I use 4x250Gb (SATA-II) and I would like to use Software RAID-5 ? Is it recomended for LTSP server ? I'll use k12ltsp-6. To do reliable Raid-5, you need a hardware card with battery powered Ram or NVRam. As every

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-05 Thread Donny Christiaan
Sudev Barar wrote: On 29/10/2007, Sebastien Koechlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/29/07, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it good form me to use Software RAID-1 instead of Hardware RAID-1? Raid-1 is usually better in software. You don't need to have a spare controler card, you

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-05 Thread Sudev Barar
On 06/11/2007, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about if I use 4x250Gb (SATA-II) and I would like to use Software RAID-5 ? Is it recomended for LTSP server ? I'll use k12ltsp-6. AFAIK no problem. SATA or SCSI will depend on number of concurrent users and applications being run.

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-11-05 Thread Donny Christiaan
Sudev Barar wrote: On 06/11/2007, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What about if I use 4x250Gb (SATA-II) and I would like to use Software RAID-5 ? Is it recomended for LTSP server ? I'll use k12ltsp-6. AFAIK no problem. SATA or SCSI will depend on number of concurrent users and

[Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-10-29 Thread Donny Christiaan
Guyz, Is it good form me to use Software RAID-1 instead of Hardware RAID-1? My spec AMD Opteron 2214 with 4 Gb memory and 2x500Gb SATA-II. -- Best Regards, Donny Christiaan. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - This SF.net email is

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-10-29 Thread Sudev Barar
On 29/10/2007, Sebastien Koechlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/29/07, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it good form me to use Software RAID-1 instead of Hardware RAID-1? Raid-1 is usually better in software. You don't need to have a spare controler card, you can balance I/O on

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] Software RAID vs Hardware RAID

2007-10-29 Thread Sebastien Koechlin
On 10/29/07, Donny Christiaan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it good form me to use Software RAID-1 instead of Hardware RAID-1? Raid-1 is usually better in software. You don't need to have a spare controler card, you can balance I/O on many cards, and if you have a problem, you can get your datas