> > i guess the idea is that the SAN is a single point of failure. > > But aren't single points of failure A Bad Thing?
if either A or B fails your system fails is a bad thing. (the system depending on two hard drives) if A fails your system fails is not as bad. (the system depending on one hard drive) > > Does the QLogic SAN driver support redundancy (2 cards, both doing > the same thing, so that if one card dies, the box keeps working)? yes, some cards do (i believe). but this one does not. > A simple "little" 80GB IDE hard drive doesn't seem that complicated > (unless you have a dozen boxes, which is a good reason for wanting > to boot off the SAN). > > Booting off an IDE drive is about as simple/known/robust as one > could imagine. No need for special drivers, work-arounds, etc. > > Maybe it's just me... the base OS doesnt need much space, so it can live on the SAN with the data. thus the local disk is unnecessary. -matt zagrabelny -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
