From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: David Brown Subject: Re: Recommended sw raid setup Date: Sun, 03 Jul 2011 19:28:14 +0200 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids On 02/07/11 23:17, Simon Matthews wrote: > I thought that I had read the TLER was not useful for mdraid, so that > enterprise drives were not really advised for mdraid. Am I wrong about > this? > > Also, for the original question: for a home system, do you really need > the uptime that RAID provides? I suspect not -- in that case, put > your money into backups, not RAID. > If it's a choice of good backups /or/ raid, go for the backups every time. But if you have the money and space for both, then do both. Raid is not just about uptime - it is also about avoiding the effort and inconvenience of rebuilding or reinstalling. mvh., David > Simon > > On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 12:45 PM, Drew wrote: >> Hi John, >> >> Personally I think you'd be fine with consumer grade drives. Put them >> in a RAID-5 array and you should be set. >> >> The high end consumer& enterprise stuff w/ TLER and the like is only >> really needed if you put a lot of demand on the disks, running virtual >> machines for example. A basic file server for home use won't stress >> the drives enough to need the more expensive ones. >> >> >> -Drew >> >> On 07/02/2011, John Obaterspok wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> I've going to setup a _home_ file server to store all photos& family >>> videos, work related material, DNLA streaming and more. >>> >>> The server will be set to suspend when not in use for an hour or so. >>> >>> I've been thinking about buying 3 x 3 TB SATA disks and put these in >>> software RAID5 (except for a smaller boot partition on all three disks >>> which will be RAID1). >>> >>> Any recommendation for what SATA drives to get? Should I get >>> enterprise drives that support TLER (or alike), or will the greener >>> low cost drives be enough, is there something in between? >>> >>> Is it better to buy 4 low cost drives in RAID1 or 3 enterprise drives in >>> RAID5? >>> >>> Please help, I'm completely lost! >>> >>> --john >>> -- >>> 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 >>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my mobile device >> >> Drew >> >> "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." >> --Marie Curie >> >> "This started out as a hobby and spun horribly out of control." >> -Unknown >> -- >> 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 >> > -- > 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 >