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DATE | 2007-01-24 |
FROM | Ruben Safir
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SUBJECT | Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Meeting results and next Meeting
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From owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Wed Jan 24 20:59:39 2007 Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l0P1xbSh004481 for ; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:39 -0500 Received: (from majordomo-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l0P1xaVx004480 for hangout-outgoings; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:36 -0500 X-Authentication-Warning: www2.mrbrklyn.com: majordomo set sender to owner-hangout-at-nylxs.com using -f Received: from www2.mrbrklyn.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/SuSE Linux 0.7) with ESMTP id l0P1xVRh004477; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:33 -0500 Received: (from ruben-at-localhost) by www2.mrbrklyn.com (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id l0P1xVG9004475; Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:31 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 20:59:31 -0500 From: Ruben Safir To: rc Cc: hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Subject: Re: [NYLXS - HANGOUT] NYLXS Meeting results and next Meeting Message-ID: <20070125015931.GA4465-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> References: <20070115035135.GA25800-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> <20070124112253.GA30999-at-www2.mrbrklyn.com> <45B78B5E.7080403-at-rcn.com> <20070124185723.GB14437-at-home.nyc.ny.us> <45B7D0B2.1090904-at-rcn.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <45B7D0B2.1090904-at-rcn.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: owner-hangout-at-mrbrklyn.com Precedence: bulk X-Keywords: X-UID: 28625 Status: RO Content-Length: 3241 Lines: 75
On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 04:33:38PM -0500, rc wrote: > Actually, what I'm running is RAID-1 with 2 75GB SATA drives, no LVM. > It was easy to set up but I bet LVM is another story. While my server > isn't hardcore production, I host a few personal sites no problem at all > and I think it'd suffice NYLXS' needs. >
I'm rather insistant on sticking with scsi, especially since we still have the old scsi drives which work but won't boot for whatever reason.
We got RAMBUS from Mr Wynkoop. What kind of patents did they have?
Ruben
> That said, I am preparing to go full production (i.e- drive traffic to > content/commerce sites on it) so if I have erred in my setup I'm more > than happy to know now rather than later. > > Guess I'm not sure why LVM is a good idea, not because I don't like it > but because of I don't really know about it. > > Matthew wrote: > >As a heads up. Ubuntu is NOT ready for a real server as far as I am > >concerned. > >Others have had some problems with it. > > > >The main issue that I had was setting up a dual drive machine in a raid > >with LVM on it (which is probably a good idea) can NOT be properly > >setup with ubuntu at this time. I have done it but it took me over 12 > >hours > >to get it working on a low power mini itx. (part of that was that the > >installer was reporting errors on it) > > > >Fedora setups of the same are MUCH easier. With SCSI vs IDE, > >I am hearing that there SCSI still gives better responses than IDE not > >sure about SATA though. My attempt at using a SATA raid had found a > >situtation with one machine where the BIOS claimed that we had a > >RAID but the drives were presented to linux as individual drives. > > > >Mathew > > > > > >On Wed, Jan 24, 2007 at 11:37:50AM -0500, rc wrote: > >>If I may, about the server. I really think you will find more > >>redundancy, value, and performance out of a good IDE RAID-1 setup. > >>Setting it up w/ Ubuntu is a breeze (Alternative Edition). I see no > >>reason these days to buy SCSI or RAMBUS, aside from the fact that RAMBUS > >>is a criminal, predatory organization who does things like submit > >>technology to open standards, hide the fact they patented the shit out > >>of it, then tries to bully others into paying them. They'll never get a > >>cent from me. > >> > >>Enough rant. > >> > >>Basically, you can't beat the setup I mentioned- cheap, fast and rock > >>solid. > >> > >
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