On 5/6/2012 3:00 PM, Anton Aylward wrote:
Duaine Hechler said the following on 05/06/2012 02:01 PM:
Although, I'm running a server, per say, IMHO, I'd use Hitachi brand drives. The reasoning is that, because of money, I have to buy used drives and they have never failed me yet. I outgrow them first. My current set of drives, I've had for three years - again these are - used - drives and my desktop is running 24/7.
I buy new [or what the dealer tells me is new], and use LVM, so I can use a patchwork of sizes/specs. Lack of availability of any specific size isn't a problem with LVM.
You can mix and match drive types with Software raid too. As for mixing and matching size with LVM, its almost always an accident waiting to happen. When your partition is scattered across multiple drives, a failure of any one will likely take down everything. LVM was not made for reliability, it was made to allow building big volumes from several smaller devices. Its really not the right tool for the job, even if it can be forced into that task. http://serverfault.com/questions/279571/lvm-dangers-and-caveats -- _____________________________________ ---This space for rent--- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org