Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-31 Thread John White
On Fri, Jan 19, 2001 at 04:59:33PM -0500, Steve Fulton wrote: > I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but > I'd like advice on this question: > > Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of > RAID is best for storing /Maildir's on a file

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-22 Thread Adrian Turcu
> > Have you had any problems?... > There were some problems, especially with RAID and ENBD software. First, I try to figure out how ENBD works, in fact when the NBD server is going down what are the possibilities for the NBD client to know that and "make an announcement" to RAID software and t

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-20 Thread Adrian Turcu
Steve Fulton wrote: > > I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but > I'd like advice on this question: > > Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of > RAID is best for storing /Maildir's on a file server (that will be > accessible to th

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread Greg White
David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > Steve Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 19 January 2001 at 16:59:33 -0500 > > I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but > > I'd like advice on this question: > > > > Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what l

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread paul
raid 4 is also an option - NetApp. however, they tend to be pricey. David Dyer-Bennet writes: > Steve Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 19 January 2001 at 16:59:33 -0500 > > I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but > > I'd like advice on this question: >

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
Steve Fulton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes on 19 January 2001 at 16:59:33 -0500 > I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but > I'd like advice on this question: > > Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of > RAID is best for storing /

Re: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread Matthew Patterson
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, Steve Fulton wrote: >I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but >I'd like advice on this question: > >Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of >RAID is best for storing /Maildir's on a file server (that will be >acce

RE: RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread Hubbard, David
RAID 5 controller can pump data out fast enough to saturate a fast ethernet segment with NFS reads from your POP3 servers. Dave -Original Message- From: Steve Fulton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RAID & Qmail. I've

RAID & Qmail.

2001-01-19 Thread Steve Fulton
I've searched the archives extensively, and I've learned quite a lot, but I'd like advice on this question: Assuming RAID 1+0 is not an option (due to the expense), what level of RAID is best for storing /Maildir's on a file server (that will be accessible to the SMTP & POP servers via NFS). Red