Re: [OT] Deploying XRAID
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texte = Alain- Looks like a symlink is what I'm looking for. I found a little contextual menu plugin on VersionTracker that makes it pretty easy: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/17655 Thanks again, hope you're doing something fun this weekend. Regards > -- Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.com On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 03:20 AM, Alain Russell wrote: > You can just symbolic link the Apache documents directory to a > directory on the Raid drive .. > It's pretty simple to do.. > > Alain > > > On Saturday, 4 October 2003, at 1:15 PM, WJ Starck wrote: > >> I had already planned to do RAID 5 on an XRAID. >> >> Before I make the plunge though... >> >> My question was actually more directed at how to do this from a >> webserving point of view. >> >> Can I make the array my boot drive (intuitively, it seems one >> shouldn't do this), or do I just put the data I want protected on the >> RAID array, and point Apache there with a symbolic link? >> >> Regards, >> >>> >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.com >> >> >> On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:59 AM,
>> wrote: >> >>> You can configure RAID in many different ways, the most common. >>> >>> RAID 0 (Striping) requires at least 2 disks and the data is >>> striped across >>> all drives. >>> RAID 1 (Mirroring) requires 2 drives >>> RAID 5 (Striping with Parity) the most widely used requires at >>> least 3 >>> drives. Parity is written across all drives. If one fails the array >>> continues to operate. >>> >>> There are several other RAID configs but these are the most common. >>> Each of >>> them have their own good and bad attributes. >>> >>> If it were me I would definitely RAID 5 or second best Mirror the >>> array that >>> way if you have a failed drive you can recover quickly. >>> >>> Dennis Ott >>> Smith Micro Software >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "WJ Starck" >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" >>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:10 AM >>> Subject: [OT] Deploying XRAID >>> >>> >>>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ >> >> > > -- > Alain Russell > Blackpepper Interactive Ltd > p. 09 520 6280 | m. 021 446 169 > http://www.blackpepper.co.nz > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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Alain- Looks like a symlink is what I'm looking for. I found a little contextual menu plugin on VersionTracker that makes it pretty easy: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/mac/17655 Thanks again, hope you're doing something fun this weekend. Regards > -- Will Starck NovaDerm Skincare Science http://www.novaderm.com wjs@novaderm.com On Saturday, October 4, 2003, at 03:20 AM, Alain Russell wrote: > You can just symbolic link the Apache documents directory to a > directory on the Raid drive .. > It's pretty simple to do.. > > Alain > > > On Saturday, 4 October 2003, at 1:15 PM, WJ Starck wrote: > >> I had already planned to do RAID 5 on an XRAID. >> >> Before I make the plunge though... >> >> My question was actually more directed at how to do this from a >> webserving point of view. >> >> Can I make the array my boot drive (intuitively, it seems one >> shouldn't do this), or do I just put the data I want protected on the >> RAID array, and point Apache there with a symbolic link? >> >> Regards, >> >>> >> -- >> >> Will Starck >> NovaDerm Skincare Science >> http://www.novaderm.com >> wjs@novaderm.com >> >> >> On Friday, October 3, 2003, at 10:59 AM, >> wrote: >> >>> You can configure RAID in many different ways, the most common. >>> >>> RAID 0 (Striping) requires at least 2 disks and the data is >>> striped across >>> all drives. >>> RAID 1 (Mirroring) requires 2 drives >>> RAID 5 (Striping with Parity) the most widely used requires at >>> least 3 >>> drives. Parity is written across all drives. If one fails the array >>> continues to operate. >>> >>> There are several other RAID configs but these are the most common. >>> Each of >>> them have their own good and bad attributes. >>> >>> If it were me I would definitely RAID 5 or second best Mirror the >>> array that >>> way if you have a failed drive you can recover quickly. >>> >>> Dennis Ott >>> Smith Micro Software >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "WJ Starck" >>> To: "WebDNA Talk" >>> Sent: Friday, October 03, 2003 8:10 AM >>> Subject: [OT] Deploying XRAID >>> >>> >>>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ >> >> > > -- > Alain Russell > Blackpepper Interactive Ltd > p. 09 520 6280 | m. 021 446 169 > http://www.blackpepper.co.nz > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- 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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