Re: Large Storage

["Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>]

So have two PCs with raid 0 and synchronise the data, what would you use to
sync the two.
What do you use to backup your server.

Alancc
----- Original Message -----
From: Phil Harris <phil@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 10:57 PM
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Large Storage


>
> > Looking at large storage for DVD/audio, which would be better, a
> > raid setup or a second pc for backup.
>
> How about a RAID setup *ON* a second PC?
>
> > The second PC option seems to me best as only half of the drives
> > need to be running.
>
> Yes - a second machine is the best option but I wouldn't spin down the
> drives.
>
> > Do others leave their media servers running 24/7, put the disks
> > into standby or shut down overnight.
>
> 24/7 ... I was always taught that drives generally die on spinning up
or
> spinning down - so I leave them running and accept that my leccy bill
will
> be a bit higher. Helps with the winter heating though - the computer
room
is
> still a nice toasty 27deg while the heating has gone off and so the
rest
of
> the house is settling back to about 14.
>
> > What's the best option for adding more than 4 IDE drives.
>
> I use the Highpoint RocketRAID 404 cards which will take 8 x IDE
drives
> (ATA133 capable) and will do RAID0/1/0+1 and 5.
>
> > How much noise do 4 plus drives make, is it much more than a
> > normal desktop.
>
> It doesn't have to be - I have 8 data drives (all 160Gb and set up as
RAID
> 0 - no redundancy as I can recreate all the data if anything is lost)
+ 2
x
> external 160Gb drives in firewire enclosures + a boot drive and a
DVD-ROM
> drive all in a Yeong Yang Cube Server case
> (http://www.kustompcs.co.uk/product.php?view=1211)
which does the job fine
> (this machine is used as my movie server). I have that case with a
550w
> Q-Tec PSU (not the quietest in the world) and a full complement of
fans
and
> the noise floor in my "computer room" is below 50db (that's
as low as my
SPL
> meter will read), there is another server in there too - both are
running
> 24/7 - the other server is my audio / SliMP3 / FTP / HomeVision server
and
> has 4 x 160Gb drives (again as RAID 0 as I can recreate all the data
driven
> from a Maplin ?30 ATA 133 RAID card) as well as a boot drive and
CD-ROM
> drive all in a Coolermaster 710 case with 350w PSU.
>
> I used to be really noisy in there (66db at my desk) but I pulled the
fans
> out of my network switch the other weekend and the noise floor in
there
has
> dropped by >16db - the switch seems not to be suffering at the
moment and
> I'll get some quieter fans ordered from CPC before the summer.
>
> I'm planning on moving the servers over to rackmount cases and
shifting
them
> elsewhere - possibly converting the downstairs crapper into a server
room -
> before too much longer.
>
> Phil