Re: Accessing scsi based external storage

Sanjay Darisi wrote:

> I have created RAID 5 and the total capacity is 1000GB. I have to create only one partition on this device. Which filesystem do you suggest for such a big partition? Or the type of the filesystem matters only in the case of individual file sizes and block sizes and not the partition size??
>
> Which filesystem??
>
ext3 is most prevalent in general, and imho your best choice.
it has very few drawbacks.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us on behalf of Sanjay Darisi
> Sent: Tue 10/5/2004 9:52 AM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: RE: Accessing scsi based external storage
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>
> I did RAID 0 just to test the storage box and to find out about the 1TB limit, it's good that you let me know about the limit Austin. That wasn't a needless worry, you made me a little more cautious. I've planned for RAID 5. Oops... did I say it doesn't do RAID 5?? It does...
>
>>From the configuration webpage, I've realized it can do all kinds of RAID levels - Raid 0, Raid 0+1 through Raid 6. And what is this JBOD anyway??
>
> Just launch minicom and am I good to go??
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-discuss-admin@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us on behalf of Austin Godber
> Sent: Mon 10/4/2004 7:40 PM
> To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: Accessing scsi based external storage
>
>
>>I have a question, there is a serial cable that comes with that device. I have connected it to the host computer and I donno how to read from that. Is there any hyper terminal program that I have to use??
>
>
> Maybe the serial cable allows you serial console on the RAID device so
> that you can do configuration and stuff. THe program you should look to
> use in linux is called "minicom".
>
> Rob makes an excellent point about RAID 5 ... I know you said it couldnt
> do it ... but RAID 0 is gonna hurt ... if a single disk dies you loose
> the whole thing right?
>
> This means backups (not to implie that RAID 5 doesn't mean backups)...
> where are you going to backup 1.25TB?
>
> I am glad you didn't have the 1TB limit sorry to worry you needlessly.
>
>
> Austin
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