Re: DBSPACES and RAID

From: Thomas Parsli <thomas.parsli@startsiden.no> > >"Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> writes: > > > From: johnh <john.horton@cognito.co.uk> > > > > >Has anyone had any experience of setting up DBSPACES on a RAID 5 >machine > > > > > >(in particular - running linux) > > >I'm trying to make sure that there won't be any problems when I do the > > >final port off the (un-RAIDed) HP machine to a RAIDed linux box - so > > >would appreciate any advice in this area > > >Thanks very much in advance for helpful hints, advice and horror >stories > > > > > >on this issue ! > > > > I have just this week lost a production RAID-5 box. The demise was as > > spectacular as it was sudden. In fifteen years, I have never seen a box >go > > like that. I wouldn't touch RAID 5 with someone else's keyboard. > > > > Don't do it. Really. > >Tell me more, tell me more! Like "does she have any friends"? :-) What do you want to know? ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com