Re: [Nolug] NAS

I agree, hardware failures are inevitable given enough usage and time. No
amount of RAID is sufficient to prevent all forms of data loss. RAID is no
substitute for regular backups.

Which is another reason I prefer RAID 10. You get redundancy via mirrored
stripes. Striping is fast, even in software forms. And backups cover you
against multiple failures or other catastrophic events.

James Thompson
Plain Programs, LLC
New Orleans, LA

P: (504) 298.8160
E: james@plainprograms.com
W: www.plainprograms.com

On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:08 PM, B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 01:13:30PM -0500, Shane Russo wrote:
> > Also I was wondering if anyone had seen or tried a drobo?
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Shane Russo
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Awesome. I am just not sure if with todays drive a RAID 6 is necissary.
> > > What are the odds of 2 drives failing at once?
>
> Higher than you think, especially with the capcities increasing by
> leaps and bounds.
>
> Brett
>
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Shane Russo
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 1:08 PM, James Thompson <
> james@plainprograms.com>wrote:
> > >
> > >> RAID 6 is supported by Openfiler.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> James Thompson
> > >> Plain Programs, LLC
> > >> New Orleans, LA
> > >>
> > >> P: (504) 298.8160
> > >> E: james@plainprograms.com
> > >> W: www.plainprograms.com
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Shane Russo <russo.shane@gmail.com
> >wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> What about a possible RAID 6?
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks,
> > >>>
> > >>> Shane Russo
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:12 PM, James Thompson <
> > >>> james@plainprograms.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> Openfiler (http://www.openfiler.com/) is another good option that
> has
> > >>>> support for iSCSI and SAN capabilities in addition to NAS.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I, personally, avoid RAID 5. I prefer RAID 10, faster and still
> > >>>> resilient to a single drive failure.
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> James Thompson
> > >>>> Plain Programs, LLC
> > >>>> New Orleans, LA
> > >>>>
> > >>>> P: (504) 298.8160
> > >>>> E: james@plainprograms.com
> > >>>> W: www.plainprograms.com
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> On Sat, Apr 10, 2010 at 12:02 PM, Shane Russo <
> russo.shane@gmail.com>wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions or thoughts on a NAS
> > >>>>> server. I have been looking at freenas alot lately. Also is there a
> big
> > >>>>> difference nowadays between software and hardware raid 5?
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Thanks,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Shane Russo
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >
>
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> B. Estrade <estrabd@gmail.com>
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