On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 09:50:57 -0400 Dave Fullerton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Zane C.B. wrote: > > On Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:33:23 +0530 > > "Vidura Senadeera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Dear All, > >> > >> I would like to get community's feedback with regard to RAID1 > >> ( Software or Hardware) implementations with asterisk. > >> > >> This is my setup > >> > >> Motherboard with SATA RAID1 support > >> CENT OS 4.4 > >> Asterisk 1.2.19 > >> Libpri/zaptel latest release > >> 2.8 Ghz Intel processor > >> 2 80 GB SATA Hard disks > >> 256 MB RAM > >> digium PRI/E1 card > >> > >> Following are the concerns I am having > >> > >> I'm planing to put this asterisk server in production enviorment > >> which is having E1 connection to the asterisk server, > >> approximately 20 con-current calls, Music on hold, voice mail > >> boxes. > >> > >> 1. If I use Software RAID, what would be the impact to my > >> deployment? ( problems that I have to face with regard to the > >> call flow ) 2. If I use Hardware based RAID 1, what would be the > >> impact to the system? 3. According to your practical experiance > >> what is the ideal solution among both options? > >> > >> I will be highly appreciate your feedback on this regard. > > > > 1: Software RAID on Linux is way less than impressive. Plus last > > a I checked Linux can't handle mirroring a entire disk. Last I > > looked at it around a year ago you were limited to only mirroring > > partitions, which is a joke from a administrative standpoint. > > 2: No real impact other than a bad disk won't mean a reinstall. > > 3: On Linux, go hardware. On FreeBSD it is personal choice. > > You can (sort of) run raid on an entire disk, but you have to use > LVM. You basically create a single partition on the disk, run raid > on that partition and then use LVM with the /dev/md? device as a > physical volume that you can then "partition" with LVM. Yeah, still a ugly solution though. _______________________________________________ --Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com-- asterisk-users mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-users
