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3tb < 3k

  • 02-03-2006 9:16pm
    #1
    seatleon2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭


    Going to buy this server and because Dell can't provide ( won't support ) disks bigger than 250GB I'm going to fill it with 6 x 500GB HD that I can buy here

    Used primarily as a backup to disk solution - configured as a RAID 0 ( no fault tolerance ) yields 3TB :)

    Which for less than 3K is not bad :v: .

    Is there any reason people can see for this not working .. in terms of power / bios / OS (win2K3) limitations or other ?

    any comments welcome..


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  • #2
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    Its a backup server with no fault tolerence?


  • #3
    seatleon2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭seatleon2000


    jesus_thats_gre wrote:
    Its a backup server with no fault tolerence?

    backup server that will only hold archived files .. ie for quick restore without going to tape ( Tape backups will be used also and kept offsite )

    the server will never be used as file server in the true sense of serving files to users - rather only as a quick restore mechanism.


  • #4
    jesus_thats_gre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,441 ✭✭✭✭jesus_thats_gre


    And you need 3TB for this?


  • #5
    seatleon2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭seatleon2000


    jesus_thats_gre wrote:
    And you need 3TB for this?

    yes (or close to)


  • #6
    Mutant_Fruit
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    Just so long as you never stop taking tape backups... losing 3tb's of stuff because of one failed HD won't look to good when your boss finds out.


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  • #7
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    No need for raid0 on a backup server tbh. It'll only cause hassle and with 6 discs you'd be massively open to failure.


  • #8
    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    I'll echo existing posts... this sounds like a disaster waiting to happen.

    Four main points:

    1) Disks DIE, all the time. Especially piss poor Maxtors from Komplett. DO NOT USE THEM FOR THIS PURPOSE.

    2) Please go with Raid 5... Raid 0 is ONLY for performance gains on test machines, it should NEVER be used in production environment, least alone a backup server.

    3) Servers rarely get used for their original purchase reason. This machine may well get moved to another task sometime in the future.

    4) DO NOT USE RAID 0 WITH CHEAP MAXTOR DRIVES.


  • #9
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    Kali wrote:
    4) DO NOT USE RAID 0 WITH CHEAP MAXTOR DRIVES.
    Or, do not use Maxtor drives at all, they're crap. I've had many a Maxtor disk die and stopped using them quite a while back.

    I've never had a problem with WD disks and have four of them in my current rig. I'm not sure how they'd fare in your server but they couldn't be worse than the Maxtors.


  • #10
    seatleon2000
    Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭seatleon2000


    ok .. so I was probably going to use RAID 5 anyway.

    Like I said the data is unimportant , its for quick restoration only.

    anyhow anyone see any issues with cooling, power, or issues with the CERC 6SATA RAID CONTROLLER.

    Do I have to buy other kits for the komplett disks ( seperate power and data cables ) ???

    Whats the max size a win2K3 volume can be ?


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