Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-18 Thread Akos Bagi
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 12:40:40 -0600 "Michael D. Schleif" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Akos Bagi wrote: > > > > Hi! > > I think I didn't find some very important aspect. > > 1. Is the data Read only or not. ( Once you stored tha image, do you have to >edit/modify/delete it?) > > read-only Good

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-18 Thread Kourosh
I'm not sure if anybody has mentioned this yet. Instead of having everything on hard drive's you may want to consider offloading some of the older data onto DVD jukeboxes. With everything on the array, managing the backups and redundancy can become quite a chore, however, with DVD's you don't nee

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-18 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Akos Bagi wrote: > > Hi! > I think I didn't find some very important aspect. > 1. Is the data Read only or not. ( Once you stored tha image, do you have to >edit/modify/delete it?) read-only > 2. What time is acceptable to decide that a specific image is present in the system >and > what time

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-18 Thread Akos Bagi
Hi! I think I didn't find some very important aspect. 1. Is the data Read only or not. ( Once you stored tha image, do you have to edit/modify/delete it?) 2. What time is acceptable to decide that a specific image is present in the system and what time is acceptable to load the image/images/full

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-08 Thread Rob Weir
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 07:22:21PM -0800, Derek Gladding wrote: > Personally, I use ext3 for simplicity's sake (only ~300G of disc to worry > about), but there is a big performance price to pay for that simplicity. I've > never used any of the others, but I get the general impression (from commen

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ??? - which fs

2002-11-08 Thread Emil
And yet another file system test. Indicate that one might consider what the fs should be used for. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article.php?sid=5841 // Emil -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-08 Thread Emil
> > Since it's a medical imaging repository (that has all *sorts* of > legal pitfalls), I'd not even think about IDE... If you want security you should engrave the data to stone, or press gold plated discs and lock them in or similar ;-) Risking a flame war (please don't) At least two of our 75

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ??? - which fs

2002-11-08 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya Michael On Thu, 7 Nov 2002, Derek Gladding wrote: > On Thursday 07 November 2002 06:58 pm, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > [snip] > > > > -- you would obviously need ext3 or reiserfs ... ... > There's a useful overview of the different JFSes including links to benchmarks > and the such

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 18:47, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > "Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > > > What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver attached to a 4-

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Nathan E Norman
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 06:47:50PM -0600, Michael D. Schleif wrote: > > "Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > > > What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver att

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Derek Gladding
On Thursday 07 November 2002 06:58 pm, Michael D. Schleif wrote: [snip] > > -- you would obviously need ext3 or reiserfs ... > > > > Yes, which filesystem is a good question; but, which one? > There's a useful overview of the different JFSes including links to benchmarks and the suchlike at:

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > Surely, this much disk will tax hardware and firmware resources > differently than a 9GB drive ;> Should read: Surely, this much disk will tax soft-ware and firmware resources differently than a 9GB drive ;> -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dar

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Alvin => Thank you, for your participation . . . Alvin Oga wrote: > > hi ya michael > > > "Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > > > > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > > > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > > > > > What do I need to know to d

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Alvin Oga
hi ya michael > "Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > > > What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver attached to a 4-5TB > > diskarray? > > Yes, I am vague wi

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
"Michael D. Schleif" wrote: > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver attached to a 4-5TB > diskarray? Yes, I am vague with this request. Fortunately, we

Re: multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread nate
Michael D. Schleif said: > > Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest > possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: > > What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver attached to a 4-5TB > diskarray? one thing, is the linux kernel(at least until the very re

multi-TB diskarrays ???

2002-11-07 Thread Michael D. Schleif
Having never done this with linux, I'm asking this at the lowest possible level to facilitate very exhaustive research: What do I need to know to design a debian fileserver attached to a 4-5TB diskarray? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 888.250.3987 Dare to fix things before they break . .