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Harbinger · 07-05-2011, 02:29 PM

Terry--

Ah! You're the RAIDzilla guy! I've read the info on your first build several times, and pointed others to it as well. Good job! I'd love to read about RZ2 when you get the chance to write about it.

Thanks for posting the graphs and comments as well. I thought about installing the OS to an embedded CF card but was told two things: 1) If I do, I should install to two RAIDed CF cards in case of failure, and 2) I should install the OS to the storage RAID for (more) failure-proof operation. I think I've decided to install to the RAID after backing up my configs. If two drives fail I'm toast under RAID 5 anyway, so some redundancy without adding complexity with dual-boot OS drives will be a good thing for me. Mine isn't mission-critical like your setup, anyway...it's just for home media serving.

07-05-2011, 02:29 PM	#5
Harbinger Cooling Neophyte Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Dreamland Posts: 37	Re: Some NAS hardware questions Terry-- Ah! You're the RAIDzilla guy! I've read the info on your first build several times, and pointed others to it as well. Good job! I'd love to read about RZ2 when you get the chance to write about it. Thanks for posting the graphs and comments as well. I thought about installing the OS to an embedded CF card but was told two things: 1) If I do, I should install to two RAIDed CF cards in case of failure, and 2) I should install the OS to the storage RAID for (more) failure-proof operation. I think I've decided to install to the RAID after backing up my configs. If two drives fail I'm toast under RAID 5 anyway, so some redundancy without adding complexity with dual-boot OS drives will be a good thing for me. Mine isn't mission-critical like your setup, anyway...it's just for home media serving.