Re: RAID advice :> (fwd)

2001-06-22 Thread Seth Northrop
Sorry for the delayed reply.. the list marked my reply as spam ! ;) -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2001 02:48:14 -0700 (PDT) From: Seth Northrop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Wouter de Jong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RAID advice :>

Re: RAID advice :>

2001-06-22 Thread Alan W. Rateliff, II
On 22-Jun-01, Wouter de Jong said something totally profound about RAID advice :> that made me ponder... WdJ> We are planning to use RAID for backing-up MySQL-data. Is it adviced that WdJ> we put the OS on the RAID-array too, or just the data ? WdJ> WdJ> Let's say your OS

RAID advice :>

2001-06-22 Thread Wouter de Jong
We are planning to use RAID for backing-up MySQL-data. Is it adviced that we put the OS on the RAID-array too, or just the data ? Let's say your OS crashes (Linux...bad libraries for example, that are not resolvable, for example :>), then you'll have to format all your disks including your data