Gus Wirth wrote:
> The other thing I would do is get a third hard drive to be stored in a
> cardboard box somewhere to act as a spare. I realize that software
> RAID
> doesn't require exact drive replacements, but it makes it a lot easier
> to just pop out a bad drive and insert the new one. My concern about
> this is that the product lifecycle for hard drives is about nine
> months.
> Of course, maybe by the time one fails, we go out and buy two for
> replacements and raffle off the old working one.
The cost of the drives is minimal. I think this is probably a good
strategy.
> Although there is discussion about brand-name servers with support
> contracts, do we really need that? I'll go out and change a hard drive
> for a pizza :)
This will be a big step up from the previous server, which had no
support contract. I think the original price was $800 and we bought it
from CCC. If we get good components, we don't really need a support
contract.
The other thing we might want to consider is redundant power
supplies. I don't know how much it would add to the cost, but it might
save some down time, in the case of a failure. 1U power supplies
aren't something you walk into a local store and buy off the shelf.
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