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From: Grant <emailgrant@gmail.com>
To: Gentoo mailing list <gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org>
Subject: [gentoo-user] {OT} SSD instead of RAID1?
Date: Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:46:06 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <49bf44f10907260346y62a6f95dyfda763fceb0bcb39@mail.gmail.com> (raw)

I have two local systems that need to be reliable and also have a
large storage capacity.  The thing is, the data storage doesn't need
to be reliable, I just need the systems to keep running.  The data on
the systems is backed up and losing it wouldn't be the end of the
world because of the backups.  However, I really need each of the
systems to keep running.

I've read that an SSD drive should be much more reliable than an HD
drive.  What if I bought a low-price/low-capacity SSD drive for each
of these systems, installed the system essentials on them, and used my
existing high-capacity HD drives for data storage?  Would each system
keep running if the HDs died?  If so, I think that would offer as good
or better system reliability than RAID1.  What do you think?

- Grant



             reply	other threads:[~2009-07-26 10:46 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 34+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-26 10:46 Grant [this message]
2009-07-26 16:04 ` [gentoo-user] {OT} SSD instead of RAID1? Stroller
2009-07-27 12:44   ` Grant
2009-07-27 17:43     ` Florian Philipp
2009-07-27 18:33       ` Florian Philipp
2009-07-27 18:42       ` James Ausmus
2009-07-28 17:52       ` Grant
2009-07-28 19:01         ` Stroller
2009-07-29 15:20           ` Grant
2009-07-29 17:25             ` Florian Philipp
2009-07-30 12:17               ` Grant
2009-07-30 12:33                 ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-30 13:00                   ` Grant
2009-07-30 13:01                 ` Alan McKinnon
2009-07-30 13:47                   ` Grant
2009-07-30 14:05                     ` Alex Schuster
2009-07-30 15:45                       ` Grant
2009-07-30 15:57                         ` Alan McKinnon
2009-07-30 14:57                     ` Alan McKinnon
2009-07-30 15:57                       ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-30 15:20                     ` Peter Humphrey
2009-07-30 13:10                 ` Alex Schuster
2009-07-30 14:18                 ` Paul Hartman
2009-07-30 16:03                   ` Grant
2009-07-30 16:07                     ` Paul Hartman
2009-07-30 16:12                       ` Grant
2009-07-31 16:07                       ` Grant
2009-07-29 18:15             ` Neil Bothwick
2009-07-30 11:41               ` Stroller
2009-07-31 17:31                 ` Grant
2009-08-03 16:00                   ` Grant
2009-07-30 12:53               ` Grant
2009-07-30 11:46             ` Stroller
2009-07-29  8:12       ` Nevynxxx

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