Re: [OT] Deploying XRAID
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texte = Will, I guess I can't see an Xserve Raid being implimented for a single site's WebServer... EVEN with a huge amount of FTPing. What Raid level are you looking at? I would say 5 is the best... but the smallest HD that apple offers is 180 GB! To get any use out of Raid level 5 you need at least two drives... Apples minimum is 4 drives as far as I can tell. Do you really need 540Gigs of storage space? Maybe you do?? I don't know. Anyway, If your looking for protection against a HD gone bad, I might consider instead, 3 ATA drives for your Xserve. Then do a R1 (mirror), using SoftRaid. I say 3 drives because I don't know for sure if SoftRaid is bootable on a raid volume yet... you'd have to ask support@softraid.com. Of course, there is APPLEraid (they have R1 also). This would save you oh, about $8K depending on your needs. ;-) Don't get me wrong, With apples main architecture being ATA (rather than SCSI), I think it is imparative to go with some redundancy... (my HD folded after only one year in my T1) Now that I haven't answered any of your question, I'll say, "back to your regularly scheduled program". Donovan WJ Starck wrote: > Let's say I want to deploy an XServe RAID. Right now our site is hosted > on an XServe running WebDNA 5.1 on iTools 7.1 > > Once the XServe RAID is deployed, what folders should I move over - just > the WebSites themselves, or the whole /Library/Tenon/WebServer folder? > How do I point things in the right direction to get it working? > > Any other gotchas about using RAID that anyone would care to share so > that all my data doesn't go *poof* some day? > > TIA, > > -- > > Will Starck > NovaDerm Skincare Science > http://www.novaderm.com > wjs@novaderm.com -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design Developer / Consultant <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design P.O. Box 260153 Madison, WI 53726-0153 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 email:> dbrooke@euca.us Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Will, I guess I can't see an Xserve Raid being implimented for a single site's WebServer... EVEN with a huge amount of FTPing. What Raid level are you looking at? I would say 5 is the best... but the smallest HD that apple offers is 180 GB! To get any use out of Raid level 5 you need at least two drives... Apples minimum is 4 drives as far as I can tell. Do you really need 540Gigs of storage space? Maybe you do?? I don't know. Anyway, If your looking for protection against a HD gone bad, I might consider instead, 3 ATA drives for your Xserve. Then do a R1 (mirror), using SoftRaid. I say 3 drives because I don't know for sure if SoftRaid is bootable on a raid volume yet... you'd have to ask support@softraid.com. Of course, there is APPLEraid (they have R1 also). This would save you oh, about $8K depending on your needs. ;-) Don't get me wrong, With apples main architecture being ATA (rather than SCSI), I think it is imparative to go with some redundancy... (my HD folded after only one year in my T1) Now that I haven't answered any of your question, I'll say, "back to your regularly scheduled program". Donovan WJ Starck wrote: > Let's say I want to deploy an XServe RAID. Right now our site is hosted > on an XServe running WebDNA 5.1 on iTools 7.1 > > Once the XServe RAID is deployed, what folders should I move over - just > the WebSites themselves, or the whole /Library/Tenon/WebServer folder? > How do I point things in the right direction to get it working? > > Any other gotchas about using RAID that anyone would care to share so > that all my data doesn't go *poof* some day? > > TIA, > > -- > > Will Starck > NovaDerm Skincare Science > http://www.novaderm.com > wjs@novaderm.com -- =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o DONOVAN D. BROOKE Eucalyptus Design Developer / Consultant <-Web Development (specializing in eCommerce), -> <-Graphic Design, and Pre-Press Consultation -> ADDRESS:> Donovan Brooke DBA Eucalyptus Design P.O. Box 260153 Madison, WI 53726-0153 PH:> 1.608.592.3567 email:> dbrooke@euca.us Web:> http://www.euca.us =o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o=o ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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