Re: checking md device parity (forced resync) - is it necessary?

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@wpkg.org>]

John Stoffel wrote:
> Tomasz> Lately I installed Debian on a Thecus n4100 machine.  It's a
> Tomasz> 600 MHz ARM storage device, and has 4 x 400 GB drives.
> 
> Interesting box... how quiet is it?  

I can't tell you if it's quiet or not, it's in the server room right 
now, and serves as a backup and iSCSI storage for Xen.

But as I still configured it and it was on my desk, it seemed a bit 
louder than a normal PC.
After all, it has 4 drives (which you have to buy separately).


> I'm thinking of one of these for
> home use, but I'll probably go with an EPIA box so I can actually
> setup a NFS/CiFS/backup/http/mysql server...

Although it has two gigabit network cards, you can't fully use them - 
the IXP3xx ARM CPU (600 MHz) allows you to only send about 25 MB/s of 
packets (measured on a loopback interface, so iSCSI LAN speeds are a bit 
lower).


> I've looked at the Irfant and the Buffalo Logic ones as well... all
> tempting.  But backups are the killer.  :]

There's also Thecus n5200, 800 MHz mobile Celeron, which you can supply 
with 5 drives... :)


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