RE: Boot from RAID5 or separate HDD?

["Paul Gale" <groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everyone - very useful info!

I think I now need to consider a second SATA enclosure to put the O/S
drive(s) in - unless I just go for a 3 drive RAID5 array and use the other
two for a mirrored array.

Is it OK to use the same RAID card to do both? i.e. 2 drive mirror with
smaller O/S drives and 3 or 5 drive RAID5 array for data?

Paul.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: ukha_d@xxxxxxx [mailto:ukha_d@xxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Christopher Purves
> Sent: 02 August 2006 12:30
> To: Andy Davies
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Boot from RAID5 or separate HDD?
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> Get a raid card that supports hot standby - even better!
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> Chris
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> > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> > From: dajdavies@xxxxxxx
> > Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 12:20:34 +0100
> > Subject: Re: [ukha_d] Boot from RAID5 or separate HDD?
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> > Other thing I've seen people do is keep another spare drive - so
any
> > failed drives can be replaced quickly, rather than having to wait
for
> > the courier to deliver one.
> > Geoff H wrote:
> > > Another piece of advice I was given a while back was to
purchase two
> RAID cards
> > > of the same make. Keep one in storage as an insurance
policy.
> > > This way, if the controller dies, you have a spare one to be
able
> > > to recover the array and retrieve the data.
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