[TriLUG] Linux Hardware Solution

[Reginald.Reed at emc.com]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
> Behalf Of Joseph Mack NA3T
> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 12:29 PM
> To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Linux Hardware Solution
> 
> On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, Reginald.Reed at emc.com wrote:
> 
> > N40L details:
> > http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/me/en/sm/WF25a/15351-15351-4237916-
> 4237917-4237917-4248009.html?dnr=1
> 
> I notice the drives aren't hot-pluggable. I would like to be
> able to hot-swap a failed drive and reconstruct a dead drive
> on the fly.

I actually have a BIOS mod loaded that enables hot swap capabilities, but it wasn't the primary reason that I flashed the mod'd BIOS. My application isn't mission critical.

> There's only 4 drive bays. I assume with 4 drives, you'd be
> running RAID-10 (I think it's called) rather than RAID-6.

Not an issue for me, I'm not storing that much data and my current setup doesn't even have 4 identical disks.  I'm running two 320Gb disks mirrored for document backups and a couple of Samsung 1.5TB disks striped for big files I can stand to lose if a drive fails.

> I take it that you don't find either of these two a problem?
 
Nope. 

> If I want 6 drives for RAID-6 and hot swappable with a
> red/green light to show if the drive is dead, am I asking to
> pay real money for the hardware?
 
I'd guess so, but I'm certainly not an expert.

--Reggie