Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 04:50:35 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Michael Schuh <michael.schuh@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Needs suggestion for redundant Storage Message-ID: <20060410185035.GC739@turion.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <1dbad3150604100511v6a0d27a9kb38920ee280dab2c@mail.gmail.com> References: <1dbad3150604070754m6702e6acw2175c306504f3c13@mail.gmail.com> <4436A2B4.4010608@mac.com> <1dbad3150604100511v6a0d27a9kb38920ee280dab2c@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, 2006-Apr-10 14:11:46 +0200, Michael Schuh wrote: >so that i have sign a Solution with cheap HW, ok this cheap HW is not very >stable and never so performant like the right Hardware, but if i use >this solution, >so i can relative fast replace defect items with new HW. You probably can't replace defective hardware so fast that the users don't notice. They will probably also notice when a system crash garbles the filesystem. Based on your comments of low cost and massive size, I presume you can't afford a proper backup solution either. This is a recipe for disaster if the data is valuable. >> Do not get a Silicon Image SATA controller. >Why not? Read the mailing lists - they are full of problems with them. If you value your data you will not use Sil controller. >> At the very least, get a multiport SATA RAID controller with a decent-sized >> RAM cache of its own and an internal battery to keep the drives going until >> that cache can be flushed. As well as an external UPS, right...? >> >I can also agree with you.......but the management......get not my friends >with this....... :-)) They will be even less your friends when your cheap-n-nasty solution loses some valuable files. -- Peter Jeremy
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