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Author Topic: Raid Config issue  (Read 3036 times)

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Raid Config issue
« on: January 21, 2011, 08:43:22 AM »
You have to rebuild a server which had 2 sas 146 gb disks.

One of them breaks down and you have to act. There is another disk available, different size and different speed. Will you use that one in your raid config and risk performance issue? Or go for one disk and take a redundancy risk?

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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2011, 08:48:30 AM »
Depends on whether you need performance or reliability. If it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2011, 08:57:39 AM »
Open door. I want both.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2011, 10:54:41 AM »
Personally, I'd use the 2nd one and take the performance hit, but only while I'm waiting for the new drive.  Then replace it ASAP.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2011, 11:22:39 AM »
Maybe you should switch to Linux.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #5 on: January 21, 2011, 11:27:40 AM »
Quote from: ivan on January 21, 2011, 11:22:39 AM
Maybe you should switch to Linux.

Maybe you should switch to SnarkOS.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #6 on: January 21, 2011, 12:06:02 PM »
Quote from: Banshee on January 21, 2011, 11:27:40 AM
Maybe you should switch to SnarkOS.

That's my default OS.

I am dual-boot, however, but the other OS runs slow, takes too much memory and requires frequent updates.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #7 on: January 21, 2011, 01:51:31 PM »
Hectar!
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #8 on: January 21, 2011, 02:28:13 PM »
where does one download snarkOS? sounds pretty good.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #9 on: January 21, 2011, 02:32:36 PM »
Don't hijack my thread pal!

Only one serious reaction, you're not real geeks.
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Re: Raid Config issue
« Reply #10 on: January 21, 2011, 05:47:24 PM »
Quote from: jeee on January 21, 2011, 02:32:36 PM
Don't hijack my thread pal!

Only one serious reaction, you're not real geeks.


Actually, Banshee's was serious, so you had two.

Here is a third:

Order a replacement drive immediately, then do what's easier in the short run.

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