[ILUG] Booting a broken raid array

[Conor Wynne]

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Kenn Humborg wrote:
>> Its a small office setup - About 10 people - data files shared by NFS 
>> from the server. Currently the files are synced off-site every night 
>> using rsync over ssh and then once a week copied to an external hard 
>> drive, also held off site. So I can restore the system if it fails, 
>> given time. We have had to do this in the past when the server hard 
>> drive failed so I am quite happy our back up system works. However it 
>> takes time and also relies on me being there - as the only vaguely 
>> computer literate person in the company. As the company expands we need 
>> a better system.
>>
>> So to make things a bit more robust I want to migrate the server to a 
>> RAID array for starters - I reckon hard drive failure is our most likely 
>> failure point. At a later stage we are thinking of having a second 
>> server on stand by as a backup.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome - I am no expert here.
> 
> I'd say get a server with a real hardware RAID setup, like a Dell PERC.
> 
> Later,
> Kenn
> 

Couldn't agree more, even an entry level one like the t100 or t300

In fact, I was on dell.ie only this morning to buy one for myself to
replace this dodgy machine. I need one to reproduce issues (esx /
Xenserver / xen on SLES & RHEL)

Personally I'd buy two and rsync between the two of them, oh and make
sure you use a supported OS. SLES10 EM64T is dirt cheap, although I'd go
with RHEL5 myself.

You'll only need one subscription OS as you can install the same on the
other node anyway.

Best Regards,
Conor.
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