On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 08:38, Roberto Sanchez wrote: > --- Wolfgang Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > 1 fileserver (2x80GB RAID-0) houses user home directories, is the print > > > server > > Using RAID0 for a fileserver like this is very inefficient. If users open > > a small file, both disks have to read a part of the file. I'd recommend > > you to make 2 independent disks, each for some home directories. RAID0 is > > only an advantage if you need really fast sequential file access. As all > > data will be transfered via network, the speed of one disk will be enough. > > Furthermore, a disk failure won't destroy all data. > > The file server has a Promise RAID, and the former admin told me that the disks > were just mirrored (he said it was RAID0, but I am not familiar with the > RAID specifications). They way he explained it is that if one drive goes down, > the backup contains an identical copy of all data.
RAID0 - striping - if 1 disk dies, there goes all your data! RAID1 - mirroring - if 1 disk dies, your data is still safe. And like the others, I recommend making the firewall it's own box. Dumpster dive for a old box... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Ron Johnson, Jr. Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | | | | "I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals, I'm a vegetarian | | because I hate vegetables!" | | unknown | +-----------------------------------------------------------------+ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
