On 8/31/11, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
> I'm seeing some warnings & errors in my logs & dmesg - and Google tells
> me this can the result of several factors, including the hard drives. I
> haven't seen any SMART warnings as yet - but I am getting a little
> nervous and thinking about upgrading the s
t;
> - Vangelis
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> From: Thomas Harold
> To: dovecot@dovecot.org
> Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:23
> Subject: Re: [Dovecot] OT - small hd recommendation
>
> On 9/1/2011 12:48 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
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>> Gi
Sent: Friday, 2 September 2011, 3:23
Subject: Re: [Dovecot] OT - small hd recommendation
On 9/1/2011 12:48 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
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> Given my extensive requirements - I haven't yet filled my existing 320GB
> - size isn't a big deal. Am I actually deriving much benefit from
On 9/1/2011 12:48 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
Given my extensive requirements - I haven't yet filled my existing 320GB
- size isn't a big deal. Am I actually deriving much benefit from 4-disk
RAID10 using 160GB discs - vs a 2-4 disc 1TB RAID1 array?
A pair of RAID-1 mirrors:
- easy to deal w
On 8/31/2011 12:41 PM, Thomas Harold wrote:
On 8/30/2011 5:43 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
A little OT - but I've seen a few opinions voiced here by various admins
and I'd like to benefit.
RAID-10 is fine (note that the default mdadm RAID10 isn't actually
RAID10, but it works well enough). RA
On 8/30/2011 5:43 PM, Daniel L. Miller wrote:
A little OT - but I've seen a few opinions voiced here by various admins
and I'd like to benefit.
RAID-10 is fine (note that the default mdadm RAID10 isn't actually
RAID10, but it works well enough). RAID-6 won't be faster (and will
probably be w
SATA 1 vs SATA 3 won't change the seek performance of the drive,
unless your stay fully within the drives cache.
Only 2 things affect how many iops you can get from a drive. The
physical diameter and the speed. You can affect the physical diameter
of the drive by selecting how much of the d
