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 DC34F1381F3 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:35:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 1C624E0E6F; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:35:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (caibbdcaaaaf.dreamhost.com [208.113.200.5]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0983DE0DC8 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 11:35:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7C47837A06B for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:35:19 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=libertytrek.org; h= message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; s= libertytrek.org; bh=fO9Wen4ShIczAFCP8NVLUyKxB1w=; b=HtyxNsdHVa1V h63mnstPItn4Jcpx8TZZNLvnh1yq+Z9LjamyZKc2G+r0TjzmNS8huobNIgSAZrM+ xG5NM5Ml2lRNBc/qf7OFozI89/xw786eBVFwZ64ncgoFy+D2Rikd9U1IxY/sNmkS hQimdYsJEhTFWF1opzZstZEj/TFsUWQ= Received: from [127.0.0.1] (unknown [159.63.145.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: tanstaafl@libertytrek.org) by homiemail-a80.g.dreamhost.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5705237A065 for ; Sat, 14 Sep 2013 04:35:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <523449DD.3060805@libertytrek.org> Date: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 07:34:53 -0400 From: Tanstaafl User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:17.0) Gecko/20130620 Thunderbird/17.0.7 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] Re: {OT} Need a new server References: <5234281E.20205@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5234281E.20205@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 8abd1273-091d-4a27-b17d-1c4dc9d5426f X-Archives-Hash: 7069b0312c4109a3a020ccd3b41e56f1 On 2013-09-14 5:10 AM, Alan McKinnon wrote: > On 14/09/2013 10:59, Grant wrote: >> If I make this 6x SSD RAID10 with redundant power supplies, what is my >> weakest link as far as hardware? If a CPU craps out, will the system >> keep running? > Your weakest link is not having redundant power feeds. Two PSUs doesn't > help much when they both draw power from the same place :-) Right... so get two (high quality online UPS's, and plug one PS into one UPS and the other into the other UPS. Most hosting providers have generator backups, so as long as you buy/specify high quality UPS's, you should be fine. > Everything else is a distant concern. When did you last hear of a CPU > failure anywhere at any time? CPUs do not fail for the most part. When > they do it's because everything else got hot which brings us back to #2 > in the list. Don't most newer server boards detect over-temp conditions and shut down automatically?