--- Wolfgang Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > 1 fileserver (2x80GB RAID-0) houses user home directories, is the print > > server > Using RAID0 for a fileserver like this is very inefficient. If users open > a small file, both disks have to read a part of the file. I'd recommend > you to make 2 independent disks, each for some home directories. RAID0 is > only an advantage if you need really fast sequential file access. As all > data will be transfered via network, the speed of one disk will be enough. > Furthermore, a disk failure won't destroy all data.
The file server has a Promise RAID, and the former admin told me that the disks were just mirrored (he said it was RAID0, but I am not familiar with the RAID specifications). They way he explained it is that if one drive goes down, the backup contains an identical copy of all data. -Roberto ___________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - Nueva versión GRATIS Super Webcam, voz, caritas animadas, y más... http://messenger.yahoo.es -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
