phasing out Solaris/Oracle/Netscape with Linux/PostgreSQL/Apa che

[Krys Kaya-sar]

RE: phasing out Solaris/Oracle/Netscape with Linux/PostgreSQL/Apa che
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> > SCSI is GREAT, and you should set up redundant hot swaps so
> if you crash,
> > you insert a new disk, type "boot", and you're back online
> with a node.  I
>
> uh, that misses the whole point of raid, which is to survive hard disk
> failures.  "survive" as in "not crash, keep functioning".  raid1 or 5
> built on IDE disks do this *just*fine*.

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just a note/question on the IDE raids, i've never had a system survive an
IDE disk failure with any kind of raid. the system has *always* stopped
responding on me. it stops all activity trying to update the failed disk,
and never recovers. are you using some kind of special controller that will
ignore a disk if it fails?