RE: Boot from RAID5 or separate HDD?

["Christopher Purves" <CHRIS_PURVES@xxxxxxx>]

I would suggest a pair of small raid-1 HD's for the OS then 5 Satas on
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rd from 3-ware or the like. Look for a card that allows hot-swap,
hot-stand=
by and the ability to increase the size of disks / add more disks. Raid 5
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s not a guarentee by any means of security - have the disk-bashing os on
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parate disks at least gives them an easier time. Would also suggest Linux
a=
s the OS if you can.=20

Chris




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> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> From: groups@xxxxxxx
> Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2006 11:29:26 +0100
> Subject: [ukha_d] Boot from RAID5 or separate HDD?
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> Can anyone enlighten me with the current thinking behind where to boot
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om on a RAID5 system =96 array or separate HDD? I=92d really like
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g stored on the array to benefit from the RAID features but are there any
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own sides to this?
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> The array will hold all my home/office data, MP3 collection, HA data
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and will have a hot spare (5 x 500Gb SATA-II HDD=92s)
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> Thanks,
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> Paul.
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