On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 3:35 PM, Victor Padro <vpadro at gmail.com> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:27 PM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com> wrote: >> >> on 7-2-2008 3:14 PM Victor Padro spake the following: >>> >>> "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." >>> >>> "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o >>> mediocremente servidas" >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Scott Silva <ssilva at sgvwater.com >>> <mailto:ssilva at sgvwater.com>> wrote: >>> >>> on 7-2-2008 8:52 AM Victor Padro spake the following: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 8:50 AM, Rudi Ahlers >>> <Rudi at softdux.com >>> <mailto:Rudi at softdux.com> >>> <mailto:Rudi at softdux.com >>> <mailto:Rudi at softdux.com>>> wrote: >>> >>> nate wrote: >>> >>> Rudi Ahlers wrote: >>> >>> I think my action plan now will be to >>> figure out how to >>> install CentOS >>> on a USB memory stick and make it boot on any machine >>> (making it easy to >>> replace if need be), and then to play around with the >>> RAID a >>> bit and see >>> how well it works. >>> >>> Another option you may want to consider is a PATA->CF >>> adapter. I use >>> these for my OpenBSD firewalls and have them installed on >>> 1GB CF >>> cards. >>> Performance should be better? Compatibility certainly is >>> better, >>> there's >>> no way I could boot to USB off these aging P3-800 >>> systems. The >>> CF cards >>> just show up as regular HDs >>> >>> I use these ($7): >>> >>> http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SY-ADIDE2CF-B1&cpc=SCH >>> <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SY-ADIDE2CF-B1&cpc=SCH> >>> >>> <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SY-ADIDE2CF-B1&cpc=SCH >>> <http://www.geeks.com/details.asp?invtid=SY-ADIDE2CF-B1&cpc=SCH>> >>> >>> Paired with Lexar CF cards. Not all CF is created equal, >>> well >>> maybe it is >>> today. I found my Lexar CF cards were 5-10x faster than my >>> Kingston cards >>> of the same size, which surprised me. Not that I need high >>> performance in >>> firewalls that do no disk I/O but it was painful for the OS >>> install to >>> take hours(Kingston) instead of minutes(Lexar). Both >>> pairs of CF >>> cards >>> are a few years old, today maybe everything out there is >>> reasonably >>> fast. >>> >>> At least with the above adapters be aware that those >>> adapters above >>> do stick up. I think a 2U chassis can fit them(I have tons >>> of >>> experience >>> in supermicro systems). But no guarantees. You may need >>> another >>> adapter >>> or perhaps a male to female IDE cable so that you can >>> mount it >>> another >>> way in the chassis. >>> >>> I suppose you could even get two and run RAID. >>> >>> Just don't put your swap on the flash if you can avoid it. >>> >>> nate >>> >>> >>> ______________________________________________ >>> >>> Thanx, nate >>> >>> That's a good suggestion, but I think the USB memory sticks >>> could >>> work better / more reliable, and will be easier to access in >>> the >>> cabinet. I'll play around with it a bit and see how it works. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Kind Regards >>> Rudi Ahlers >>> CEO, SoftDux >>> >>> Web: http://www.SoftDux.com >>> Check out my technical blog, http://blog.softdux.com for Linux >>> or >>> other technical stuff, or visit >>> http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za for >>> Web Hosting stuff >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> CentOS mailing list >>> CentOS at centos.org >>> <mailto:CentOS at centos.org> >>> <mailto:CentOS at centos.org >>> <mailto:CentOS at centos.org>> >>> >>> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >>> >>> >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> (I apologize in advance if someone thinks this is OT) >>> >>> I've been reading this thread since it started, and what I could >>> really say is you should go for freenas, it can be installed in >>> a matter of minutes in a usb pendrive, I use it on a 2gb >>> kingston one using an IBM eServer tower chassis, Intel D201GLY2 >>> mainboard, 1Gb 667Mhz RAM, 2 HDs those are 750gb SATA in RAID5 >>> >>> >>> 2 drives in raid5? Then it is really only a raid 0, and will fail >>> sooner or later. >>> >>> >>> Even if it's fake RAID5(RAID software)? >>> Didn't know that. >> >> Raid 5 need a minimum of 3 drives. The only way to get 2 drives in >> software raid is to create the array with the "missing" statement. >> With only 2 drives, you have a stripe with a failed parity. >> >> So 2 drives is already missing one, and the next failure is doom. >> Raid 1 (mirror) is fine with 2 drives. > > Then I will have to backup ASAP and re install the Array in Raid1, thank > you scott. > But the odd thing its that I've never had any errors regarding RAID or even > HDs. > Will recheck my config. > >> >> >> -- >> MailScanner is like deodorant... >> You hope everybody uses it, and >> you notice quickly if they don't!!!! >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> CentOS mailing list >> CentOS at centos.org >> http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >> > > > > -- > "It is human nature to think wisely and act in an absurd fashion." > > "Todo el desorden del mundo proviene de las profesiones mal o mediocremente > servidas" > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos > > Could you PLEASE edit your replies? Thanks. mhr