On 5/7/2012 3:06 PM, phanisvara das wrote:
yes, i will. and since i knew nothing about one of the options (RAID), i've asked here. i found the result very interesting and think i've learned a few things from listening. now i'll use that in the praxis, i.e., use rsync for the server, and start using RAID on my own machine, to get some real experience; thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge everyone.
I wasn't even looking for info on this at the moment but I am interested since I have a server at home. At first I was using RAID but found it rather complex for my understanding. A sysadmin at work suggested I try rsync and I have been using that now for several years. Perhaps part of the difficulty that I had with RAID was due to using Solaris at the time. I noticed that one of the subtopics here was availability vs reliability. For a home server I don't care as much about availability as reliability. With rsync I had a drive fail recently and having the server down while I fixed it wasn't a big deal. One big advantage that I found with rsync is recovering files that I deleted by mistake. I just recovered them from the server before the next rsync. Thanks to everyone who joined this thread. I learned some interesting things about this subject. Damon Register -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org