Comments on: Friday Dream Projects Week 2: Linux Edition http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/ Austin-based Ruby on Rails, Architecture, and Technical Consulting for Startups Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:41:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andrew Mitry http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2135 Andrew Mitry Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:36:03 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2135 Good point on having quality drive controllers, 3ware has worked great for us. Good point on having quality drive controllers, 3ware has worked great for us.

]]> By: James http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2134 James Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:23:58 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2134 Andrew, I can sympathize - I had a software RAID 1 fail as well, but it was due to a bad hardware controller (fried both drives at once), not due to the software RAID itself. Since then, I make sure to invest in reliable drive controllers first. The Slashdot article I mentioned talked about the downside of hardware RAID, as well as the upside, and is a great reference for making an informed decision either way. And, as you mentioned, RAID 1 is not a backup solution, only a n availability solution. Thanks for sharing your thoughts! Andrew,

I can sympathize – I had a software RAID 1 fail as well, but it was due to a bad hardware controller (fried both drives at once), not due to the software RAID itself. Since then, I make sure to invest in reliable drive controllers first. The Slashdot article I mentioned talked about the downside of hardware RAID, as well as the upside, and is a great reference for making an informed decision either way.

And, as you mentioned, RAID 1 is not a backup solution, only a n availability solution.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

]]> By: Andrew Mitry http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/comment-page-1/#comment-2133 Andrew Mitry Fri, 20 Jul 2007 15:19:37 +0000 http://www.bluejazzconsulting.com/2007/07/20/friday-dream-projects-week-2-linux-edition/#comment-2133 I have had a software RAID 1 mirror that I was running on CentOS fail on me. Unfortunately we did not have proper backups so we decided to try to restore. One drive had completely failed and the other was only slightly corrupted, but the data was in such a logical mess that even hard drive recovery experts couldn't get the data out. I definitely think it is worth the extra investment in hardware raid, simply to reduce complexity. I have had a software RAID 1 mirror that I was running on CentOS fail on me. Unfortunately we did not have proper backups so we decided to try to restore. One drive had completely failed and the other was only slightly corrupted, but the data was in such a logical mess that even hard drive recovery experts couldn’t get the data out. I definitely think it is worth the extra investment in hardware raid, simply to reduce complexity.

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