[mdlug] New Server - Hardware Configuration

[Robert Adkins II]

It's time to upgrade the old servers here at the office.
 
Here's the plan:
 
Matched pair of HDs for the Main OS Drive. These will be mirrored.
 
Matched Pair or two matched pairs of drives for Filesharing. These will be
mirrored.
 
Separate RAID Card that supports Hot Swap on Linux to allow for two to three
removable drive bays that will be used to duplicate the entirety of the
mirrored data drives.
 
I have a quote from Dell for a server that uses their Linux Compatible RAID
cards. Right now, they are quoting three RAID Cards. The onboad card that
the OS will be booting off of, a second card that will be for the data
drives and a final card that won't be setup as RAID, which means that it
won't/shouldn't crap out the kernel while supporting hot swapping.
 
Thoughts? Opinions?
 
Thanks.


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Regards, 
Robert Adkins II