Re: [squid-users] HDD Configuration Recommendations

From: Matus UHLAR - fantomas <uhlar_at_fantomas.sk>
Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 15:58:47 +0200

> John Doe ha scritto:
> >two disks = RAID 0 or 1
> >
> >RAID 1 is mirroring:
> > - Pros: safe (goes on even with a dead HD), fast reads (from both disks)
> > - Cons: you only use 50% of total HD space (500GB total in your case).
> >
> >RAID 0 is stripping:
> > - Pros: fast reads/writes and you use 100% of total HD (1TB)
> > - Cons: unsafe (you lose 1 HD, you lose everything).
> >
> >Or just don't use RAID and create a cache_dir on each HD...
> >Best would be RAID1 for the system and no RAID for the cache_dirs I think.

On 25.09.08 11:39, Marcello Romani wrote:
> I would add that a dead or malfunctioning drive could harm service
> uptime if the caache dirs are not on raid1.
> Therefore I would suggest keeping everything on raid1.

Hmm, is squid still unable to work if one of cache dirs has problems?
sounds like calling for bug report ;)

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