Yeah but as someone else pointed out, they do barely any read/write traffic. If you're game server is slow, the last thing to worry about is the drive read times.
On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 15:30 -0400, Alec Sanger wrote: > striped to improve read/write times is the only reason to raid on a server box > > Thank you, > Alec Sanger > P: 248.941.3813 > F: 313.286.8945 > > > > > From: mslee...@cyberwurx.com > > To: hlds@list.valvesoftware.com > > Date: Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:25:29 -0400 > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > > > Frankly I don't know why you would want to have a RAID setup for your > > game server anyway. Maybe you do something differently than I do but I > > don't keep any sensitive or un-backed up data on mine, and even then it > > can all be replaced pretty easily. Plugins can be redownloaded, maps can > > be reuploaded, configs can be replaced. Adding RAID is just complicating > > things unnecessarily. > > > > > > On Mon, 2009-04-27 at 23:33 -0500, Cc2iscooL wrote: > > > You're right, I'm retarded. > > > > > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 11:28 PM, Matt Drzewiecki <mjdrz...@mtu.edu> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > What he meant to say is RAID 0 > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Lane Eckley" <l...@hypernia.com> > > > > To: "Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list" < > > > > hlds@list.valvesoftware.com> > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:19:31 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > > > > > > > Ok, I will bite, how does RAID 1 increase the chance of dataloss? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Yaakov Smith > > > > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:14 AM > > > > To: 'Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list' > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > > > > > > > Raid1 increases the chance of data loss. > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com > > > > [mailto:hlds-boun...@list.valvesoftware.com] On Behalf Of Adam Nowacki > > > > Sent: Tuesday, 28 April 2009 12:56 PM > > > > To: Half-Life dedicated Win32 server mailing list > > > > Subject: Re: [hlds] Harddrives which to choose > > > > > > > > Just remember it is only a game server that will read some data every > > > > now and then (and almost entirely on map change), not a database server > > > > doing hundreds of transactions a second. Two 7200rpm drives in software > > > > raid1 will be more than enough and sit idle most of the time. > > > > > > > > mdma wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your response too, all suggestions or ideas are welcome and > > > > > greatly appreciated everyone. > > > > > We are trying to future proof ourselves, and to minimise any hiccups > > > > > that > > > > > could be caused by slower SATA drives. > > > > > Hence the question about fast 10krpm sata's or 15krpm SAS drives, we > > > > > are > > > > > still leaning towards SAS even though they are > > > > > a bit expensive. > > > > > If it means we run into less problems, down the track when the box > > > > > does > > > > get > > > > > more of a load on it, we 'll probably go for it(SAS hdd's now rather > > > > > than > > > > > later). > > > > > I really cant see the point of spending more money now on sata's that > > > > will > > > > > > > > > probably evenutally have to be upgraded to SAS drives. > > > > > The money would be better spent now on just buying good quality fast > > > > drives > > > > > and a nice 3ware controller. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > > > signature > > > > database 4038 (20090427) __________ > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus > > > > signature > > > > database 4038 (20090427) __________ > > > > > > > > The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > > > > > > > > http://www.eset.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Matt Drzewiecki > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > > please visit: > > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > > please visit: > > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, > > please visit: > > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Get 25 GB of free online storage. > http://windowslive.com/online/skydrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_skydrive_042009 > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds
