Re: 4 disks: RAID-6 or RAID-10 ..

On Sun, 5 Mar 2006, Bill Davidsen wrote:

I agree, but it's easier to configure to keep going with a dead drive
than fan in many enclosures. You seem to have more heat tolerance and
monitoring than many installations. And you have done testing on the
heat issues, another unusual thing.

I got caught out a few years ago with a case-fan failing, and I've seen a
1U box almost catch-fire, so I'm very paranoid now! I'm also fortunate in
that the data centre I use allows me to host tower style PCs rather than
the usual 1 or 2U boxes, so I can build boxes with lots of room inside
that don't auto-roast on fan failure!

Although in a few months time I'll be looking to host some stuff
elsewhere, where space is at a premium, and therefore it's going to be 1
or 2U based servers, so it'll be an intersting diversion...

Cheers,

Gordon