Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 22:30:05 +0100 From: Massimiliano Stucchi <max@willystudios.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What logs etc do I need tocheckfrequently? Message-ID: <20031228223005.79689a85@vekkio.willystudios.com> In-Reply-To: <200312282116.hBSLGHe13010@anon.securenym.net> References: <3FEE672C.3030308@mac.com> <200312280819.hBS8Ji431054@thunder.trej.net> <16366.63099.154327.9444@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <200312282116.hBSLGHe13010@anon.securenym.net>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
--Signature=_Sun__28_Dec_2003_22_30_05_+0100_mvzOCqllJf6nkmpm Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Sun, 28 Dec 2003 16:14:47 -0500 "C. Ulrich" <dincht@securenym.net> wrote: > I have had a dedicated file server on my home network for years. It > serves out files to clients on the network via SMB and HTTP. This > machine stores all of my permanent (and not so permanent) data and has > two large identical disks. Only the first is used. The other is used > strictly to back up the information on the first. A cron job runs a > script at 7AM every morning which powers up the backup disk, mounts > it, performs an incremental backup and then powers down the backup > disk again until the next morning. So why not use a cheap IDE RAID controller and do RAID1 ? I think it would be much safer, and reduce the amount of time needed to restore the system once a hard drive fails. We use RAID1 with a spare drive on our web and email servers here, and there's no downtime each time a drive fails, having put all the drives on hot-swap bays on a promise fasttrack controller. Greetings -- Stucchi Massimiliano | Gruppo Utenti FreeBSD Italia WillyStudios.com | http://www.gufi.org stucchi@willystudios.com | max@gufi.org "People who make no mistakes do not usually make anything" --Signature=_Sun__28_Dec_2003_22_30_05_+0100_mvzOCqllJf6nkmpm Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQE/70teFwcpJfdZDoERAlWhAJ9gcv3UtbpQO4xxHsGNCOQO8rYeHgCffpS0 Invlb/xw6WSAaed+doyCZQw= =stmA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Signature=_Sun__28_Dec_2003_22_30_05_+0100_mvzOCqllJf6nkmpm--
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?20031228223005.79689a85>