On 2022-01-21 12:10, Steve Litt via PLUG-discuss wrote: > der.hans via PLUG-discuss said on Fri, 21 Jan 2022 00:47:42 +0000 (UTC) > >> >> RAID is to avoid the drive loss pain altogether :). I probably won't >> do >> it, though. I might get another drive to have a cold spare. The spare >> can be smaller as I don't need everything on it in a pinch. > > I've never understood the attraction for RAID by anybody who doesn't > have contracts with a 99.9%+ uptime provision. If you avoid Seagate > drives, your drive will probably last more than 3 years, about the time > it takes for your computer to obsolete. You must be talking production web servers or something like that. Everything I have is at least 5 years old and I am not thinking of replacing any of it. I have an SSD drive that is probably over 5 years old on a box that might be 7 or 8 years old that was converted from Linux to Windows probably over 5 years ago for business reasons. I'm planning on returning this box to Linux with no end point in mind. I had an interesting conversation with a clerk at Staples the other day. He told me he is running Linux on an very old laptop - something like 10 years or more... And it is faster than the new equipment he works on at Staples. And there is a guy who is on this list that collects old laptops and only runs Linux. I am thinking of end of life for an old duo.... it is probably 15 years old. Would serve someone well running Linux. About 6 years ago I was using it as a home web server for a short period of time. I am only thinking of letting it go because I have too much hardware. > > If my drive goes south, I can grab another drive, install a minimal GUI > Void Linux, restore my *data* from backup, and pretty much be on my > way. > > Except... > > You've reminded me that my backup procedures must include output from > the packager command listing the packages that were manually installed, > so that I can quickly reinstall everything necessary to duplicate my > old system. I already back up /etc/fstab and the output of the mount > command. > > RAID has the following disadvantages: > > * Cost is a multiple of a single drive > * Rebuilding requires one more layer to go through > * More disks mean more opportunity to write over one of them > * Hardware RAID might mean that if the RAID controller fails and you > can't get identical hardware, you've lost all your data. > > I'm a big fan of ext4. It just works ! > > SteveT > > Steve Litt > Spring 2021 featured book: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful > Technologist http://www.troubleshooters.com/techniques > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss