On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, JJG wrote: > Yes, Raid is an option and I believe I would need a hardware upgrade.
Not necessarily. Using Linux, you should be able to set up a software RAID array. It won't be as fast as a hardware array would be, but if the data is striped (half of each file to each drive), it should be significantly faster than a regular drive. The only "cost" is your time to figure out how to set up the Linux server. A "dedicated" server could use a relatively small partition for the OS, but if you are learning, and if you have another small SCSI drive, you might want to install the OS (with all the documentation and HOWTOs there, so that you aren't trying to boot from the RAID array while you are trying to figure things out. You could also boot from an IDE drive, but sometimes IDE and SCSI "fight", so this might be a little more complicated. If you have the physical space for another drive, this also gives you a cheap route to upgrade, as big companies are always dumping "small" hard drives (that are bigger than what you have) as they upgrade. Boyd Ramsay [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
