Re: [CentOS] Centos as a file storage/backup destination (Advice)

2009-11-09 Thread Ross Walker
On Nov 8, 2009, at 2:22 PM, John R Pierce wrote: > Craig White wrote: >> agreed but I am not a fan of RAID-5 any more because it is so slow. >> Suggest RAID 10/0+1 >> > > generally, I'd agree, but for bulk storage like a backup server, the > drive count gets kind of higher. > > http://www.supermi

Re: [CentOS] Centos as a file storage/backup destination (Advice)

2009-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
Craig White wrote: > agreed but I am not a fan of RAID-5 any more because it is so slow. > Suggest RAID 10/0+1 > generally, I'd agree, but for bulk storage like a backup server, the drive count gets kind of higher. http://www.supermicro.com/products/chassis/3U/936/SC936E1-R900.cfm would be

Re: [CentOS] Centos as a file storage/backup destination (Advice)

2009-11-08 Thread Les Mikesell
Roland Roland wrote: > Hello all, > > am considering setting up centos as a file storage/ backup destination > for Mac's TimeMachine. > > all my users would get synced directly to specific folders on this machine.. > needless to say space is of importance. where every user has an average > 200

Re: [CentOS] Centos as a file storage/backup destination (Advice)

2009-11-08 Thread Craig White
On Sun, 2009-11-08 at 10:26 -0800, John R Pierce wrote: > Roland Roland wrote: > > Hello all, > > > > am considering setting up centos as a file storage/ backup destination > > for Mac's TimeMachine. > > > > all my users would get synced directly to specific folders on this > > machine.. > > need

Re: [CentOS] Centos as a file storage/backup destination (Advice)

2009-11-08 Thread John R Pierce
Roland Roland wrote: > Hello all, > > am considering setting up centos as a file storage/ backup destination > for Mac's TimeMachine. > > all my users would get synced directly to specific folders on this > machine.. > needless to say space is of importance. where every user has an > average 200