On Mon, Jul 22, 2013 at 07:13:57PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> ]] Steven Chamberlain
>
> > On 2013-07-22 15:49, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > > It's not, it's a limitation of resizing a raid and that requiring about
> > > a billion seeks across the disk surface.
> >
> > I didn't realise it was
]] Steven Chamberlain
> On 2013-07-22 15:49, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > It's not, it's a limitation of resizing a raid and that requiring about
> > a billion seeks across the disk surface.
>
> I didn't realise it was hardware RAID.
>
> If for example it is possible to create multiple, smaller h
]] Steven Chamberlain
> On 2013-07-22 14:50, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > There are practical problems with your suggestions, such as resizing the
> > RAID taking a very long time when we add a new disk (you're looking at
> > weeks of seriously reduced performance).
>
> That seems like a limitatio
On 2013-07-22 15:49, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> It's not, it's a limitation of resizing a raid and that requiring about
> a billion seeks across the disk surface.
I didn't realise it was hardware RAID.
If for example it is possible to create multiple, smaller hardware RAIDs
over time, then maybe al
On 2013-07-22 14:50, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> There are practical problems with your suggestions, such as resizing the
> RAID taking a very long time when we add a new disk (you're looking at
> weeks of seriously reduced performance).
That seems like a limitation of software, at one of the lower l
]] Steven Chamberlain
> Hi!
>
> On 2013-07-21 08:09, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> > Backups is 8 x 4T Seagate Constellation drives. Bytemark is 24 x 4T
> > Seagate Constellation drives. We get setup, hosting, power, etc
> > donated, so that is not part of the cost there.
>
> Thanks; was this j
Hi!
On 2013-07-21 08:09, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
> Backups is 8 x 4T Seagate Constellation drives. Bytemark is 24 x 4T
> Seagate Constellation drives. We get setup, hosting, power, etc
> donated, so that is not part of the cost there.
Thanks; was this just a purchase of drives, or also a new
On 2013-07-21 08:09, Tollef Fog Heen wrote:
The only realistic alternative to spending the money here would be if
some company donated the equivalent in hardware. It's not really
possible to code ourselves out of this one.
Well, we could make snapshot store binary deltas. That would kill some
]] Steven Chamberlain
> On 09/07/13 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > I approve the purchase of additional storage for backups (~2300 EUR) and
> > for our new hosting location at Bytemark, where snapshot.d.o will be moved
> > soon (~£7000).
>
> May I ask some more details about this please; what
On Sat, 2013-07-20 at 20:10 +0100, Steven Chamberlain wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On 09/07/13 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> > I approve the purchase of additional storage for backups (~2300 EUR) and
> > for our new hosting location at Bytemark, where snapshot.d.o will be moved
> > soon (~£7000).
>
> May
Hello,
On 09/07/13 10:40, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
> I approve the purchase of additional storage for backups (~2300 EUR) and
> for our new hosting location at Bytemark, where snapshot.d.o will be moved
> soon (~£7000).
May I ask some more details about this please; what kind/amount of
storage can
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