On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 6:01 PM, erik quanstrom<quans...@quanstro.net> wrote: >> So, I guess that means venti+fossil+cpu on one headless machine in >> some forgotten corner of the datacentre. > > regardless of one's terminal accomidations, i still think it makes > a lot of sense to have a stand-alone fileserver. it really does stink > if your fs goes down for no reason at all. this is especially true if > you're doing a lot of experimenting or don't have a proper terminal. > > in fact, i think it makes sense to devote two machines to one's > fileserver. one diskless fileserver and an coraid storage appliance. :-) > > shameless, aren't i? > > - erik > >
This is what we do at Sandia. We have one machine which serves cpu/auth/file, but the actual Venti disks are in a Coraid connected via GigE. The fossil disk is in the server, but if it dies we can just build a new one. John -- "Object-oriented design is the roman numerals of computing" -- Rob Pike
