Re: [OT] Deploying XRAID
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2003
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texte = 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/
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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/
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