[K12OSN] how's this raid setup?

[Peter Hartmann]

So you're saying "it looks ok, just don't LVM"? 

On 9/1/05, Les Mikesell <les at futuresource.com> wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-09-01 at 12:25, Eric Brown wrote:
> > While you raid experts are considering Peter's question, let me know what
> > you think of this raid:
> > http://www.inventgeek.com/Projects/poormansraid/Page1.aspx
> >
> > I'm hoping to build this within the next year or so and add it to my ltsp
> > server for /home.
> 
> I'd go with a software RAID1 (mirror) for anything that can possibly
> work on a single drive because it much easier to recover data if
> you have problems with any component.  You can just connect one of
> the drives to any similar interface on any Linux box, mount it, and
> read it. Anything more complicated like LVM or hardware raid and
> you have to keep the sets of drives together and generally have the
> same brand/model controller.   For things too big to put on a single
> drive, the next choice would be the 3ware SATA raid controller and
> a hot-swap cage for the drives - but get a spare controller so you'll
> have a match if the live one breaks or you need to move the drives
> to another box.  SCSI is still good but much more expensive in the
> larger sizes.
> 
> --
>   Les Mikesell
>    les at futuresource.com
> 
> 
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