From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9C7DB1381F3 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:18:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 76F6FE0B36; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:18:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wg0-f41.google.com (mail-wg0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5BDCFE09F5 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 08:18:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wg0-f41.google.com with SMTP id l18so1548030wgh.4 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:18:38 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=5Ggql2XH8zHHv6DNrzjys2y/TBo2MURDT0M1cFT2ST8=; b=fvhJ1G67x62FFWy8rOIJ0JAzzf1sQ1YUdDFgPaXmvMKeK9QWYP5mcNKA1iUlz5dz7D 7556nQY7MV6BpaGVupck/Pz3+RbrVnpvSzYkFdaQwp746po9FLYe1DHS7YZJvUsvoUME TxUC28gU7IuuAdORNkqCh64bkFb82JbuBQuDD0n0VUf5VY/yYZvIfDh93l7vtrcom5vS EGoeSTsH3r3Z3JGOvEBNJPN+ugDGUErq+epgcaQM/dnqVSSHxqBos7a6IajEp7y4/TmX Pkr//rnds4WOfiyV3WE8ZfMR2wC3fpYsleXaaYgYCYr9E+mZQbZ2c6tsw+jckCWZMJSf BjGA== X-Received: by 10.194.178.166 with SMTP id cz6mr38736wjc.53.1379146718074; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:18:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [172.20.0.41] (196-210-126-33.dynamic.isadsl.co.za. [196.210.126.33]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id iz19sm8486945wic.9.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sat, 14 Sep 2013 01:18:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <52341AE8.1040207@gmail.com> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 10:14:32 +0200 From: Alan McKinnon User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130809 Thunderbird/17.0.8 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] {OT} Need a new server References: <5233781A.2010701@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8c63c17d-1baa-4400-946c-6cfb99a8cc0c X-Archives-Hash: ac935c6f40d7edae47980b675b383bc0 On 13/09/2013 23:39, Grant wrote: >> Exactly what RAID controller are you getting? >> > >> > My personal rule of thumb: on-board RAID controllers are not worth the >> > silicon they are written on. Decent hardware raid controllers do exist, >> > but they plug into big meaty slots and cost a fortune. By "a fortune" I >> > mean a number that will make you gulp then head off to the nearest pub >> > and make the barkeep's day. (Expensive, very expensive). >> > >> > Sans such decent hardware, best bet is always to do it using Linux >> > software RAID, and the Gentoo guide is a fine start. > I'm told it will likely be an "Adaptec 7000 series controller". > I'm not familiar with that model, but the white paper at the vendor's site indicates it's of the decent variety. You might as well use it then :-) Adaptec's stuff is rather good on the whole, we use exclusively Dell and Adaptec is by far the most common controller shipped. I can only recall one hardware failure or problem since 2003 over 300+ machines. The odds are in your favour today :-) -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckinnon@gmail.com