From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Mar 20 14:16:29 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D78ED1065671 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: from sigma.octantis.com.au (ns2.octantis.com.au [207.44.189.124]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA9D38FC15 for ; Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:16:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@meijome.net) Received: (qmail 27131 invoked from network); 20 Mar 2008 09:16:29 -0500 Received: from 124-170-131-220.dyn.iinet.net.au (HELO localhost) (124.170.131.220) by sigma.octantis.com.au with (DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA encrypted) SMTP; 20 Mar 2008 09:16:29 -0500 Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:16:23 +1100 From: Norberto Meijome Cc: freebsd-questions Message-ID: <20080321011623.12c1c77c@meijome.net> In-Reply-To: <94136a2c0803181142n48af9905n491129d13e1bd134@mail.gmail.com> References: <94136a2c0803181033i12162d3ep1e127fa7e1925a2b@mail.gmail.com> <4a89d1190803181139l65011bd7kf38f4540354f90b8@mail.gmail.com> <94136a2c0803181142n48af9905n491129d13e1bd134@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.3.1 (GTK+ 2.12.9; i386-portbld-freebsd7.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: dedicated server specs / 7.0-Release X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:16:29 -0000 On Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:42:38 +0100 "Zbigniew Szalbot" wrote: > > In a some cases it might be smarter to go for "better" drives (made for > > operating 24/7). > > That being said, I've often used shitty drives myself on servers that have > > been up for ages at a time. > > Right! It will be used for hosting a couple of domains and quite > extensive email service. I was planning to use the second HD to > replicate data in case of emergency. are you getting any kind of out-of-band access to the server? ie, serial console, ilo/DRAC card ? For certain server use, I would spend $ on that rather than a hardware RAID card (but would use software RAID if I cared about the data in the server...) if you don't have that, discuss with your DC about what they can provide in an emergency - ie, sometimes I've just opened a ticket to get a console attached for a few hours (when I setup some extra software RAID and need to drop to console, for example), but don't have one attached ALL the time. Again, depends on what you want to spend...but it's important that you think of those things in advance and know which path to take to resolve issues that may arise. B _________________________ {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome "Build a system that even a fool can use, and only a fool will want to use it." George Bernard Shaw I speak for myself, not my employer. Contents may be hot. Slippery when wet. Reading disclaimers makes you go blind. Writing them is worse. You have been Warned.