From: Alexander H. <al...@bo...> - 2005-07-20 20:55:34
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Matthew D Kelly wrote: > Be carefull with that attitude, just because it hasn't affected you > yet doesn't mean it isnt something to think about. > I have thought about it, and I have read about it, it's just that for my purposes I have yet to get into a position where the I/O has outweighed the need to know that the thing wont be backed up relaibly and it's 6000 miles away. > The bottom line is raid 5 is a poor choice for opennms no matter what > controller and hardware you are using. > It's not ideal and im sure that the crossover point between the comfort and the I/O bottle neck is well and truly below what the need is once you get into some of what the people on here speak of, with interface count at 2^14 and upwards. Most of my installs are in the low hundreds range, and I haven't seen any complication from it yet. > ---- Matthew Kelly University of Wyoming Library Systems > (307)766-5399 mvh, A :) |