James Knott wrote:
Sandy Drobic wrote:
I have little experience with software raid, but these steps don't entice me very much to start playing around with it. Compared to the costs of a standing server and the risk of a mistyped command on the command line when your blood pressure is already elevated due to the alert situation I am not convinced it is worth the hassle.
It might be different for a server or workstation at home where cost is the most important factor.
I bought this server "refurbished" for only $150 (CDN). It also makes a great space heater! ;-)
I also bought my current main server here at home used at Ebay. It's an old FSC Primergy 470. I just added some bigger SCSI-disks and a second CPU. It is still running here after years of service despite the high temperatures in summer. But no software raid either, only true hardware raid and hot-plug. (^-^) Better used and a bit older but professional hardware than fast but fragile hardware. -- Sandy List replies only please! Please address PMs to: news-reply2 (@) japantest (.) homelinux (.) com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org