Thanks a lot for your comments, that helps a lot. A couple items: On Sun, 18 Apr 2004, Mark Hahn wrote: > if you like the integrated approach (windows, etc), then just get a > sata-based storage box supported by some real company. That was my original plan but I was too horrified by the markup. What I'd really like to find is someone who will build it to specification for a small markup on parts and let me worry about supporting it. I don't mind software effort, but for me "it's hard where hardware is involved," ha ha, don't hurt yourself laughing. > EVMS is afflicted by featuritis, IMO, compared to LVM. but why do you > think you need it? If there was a consensus here that EVMS is the bright shining future of storage management, I figured I'd jump on the boat sooner than later. I like being tech-fashion forward as long as I don't bleed TOO much. > > * Chassis: http://www.baber.com/cases/mpe_ft2_black.htm > > jeez. that's a penis surrogate. why not just get a straightforward > 3-4U rackmount chassis and sit it on a little wheeled dolly from Ikea? I don't think they sell wheeled dollies large enough for my penis. Actually I just picked that one after a quick web search trying to find a non-rack with lots of drive bays. I have bad associations with rackmount cases but that may be irrational prejudice. > use two promise 4-port controllers and the 1-2 sata ports that come with > your MB. you'll find that r5 is plenty fast for normal use, so you > don't need to waste a disk with a separate r1. I was under the impression that I can't boot off raid-5, but if that information is dated then all the better. Thanks again. -- Paul Phillips | been around the world and found that only stupid Apatheist | people are breeding, the cretins cloning and feeding, Empiricist | and i don't even own a tv. -- harvey danger i'll ship a pulp |----------* http://www.improving.org/paulp/ *---------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
