[CentOS] Re: OT: Suggestions for RAID HW for 2 SATA drives in DellPowerEdge SC

Lanny Marcus spake the following on 8/30/2007 8:46 AM:
> On 30 August 2007, "Alain Spineux" <aspineux at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Message: 50
> <snip>
>> RAID 1 is mirroring (data are stored on both diks), RAID 0 is striping (data
>> are split between both disk).
>> If one disk fail, You will loose your data in RAID 0, not in RAID 1.
>>
>> You can change this setting yourself later using the BIOS menu or the DELL
>> CD.
>>
>> I recommend RAID 1 for safety
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> PS: RAID 1 don't dispense you to regularly check if both disk are healthy
>> and how to replace a defect one without losing valuable data saved on the
>> other.
>>
> Alain: Thank you. RAID 1 it is. Also, I will do burn in tests, on the RAM and
> drives, before I begin configuring the box. And, learning how to remove/replace
> a defective drive is something I should do. Lanny
VMWare is a good way to experiment with things like that.


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