Quote Originally Posted by GeoFisher View Post
* I built my server class machine at home..........I use a LSI Hardware Raid Controller. I also have one of them as a backup controller, still in the box. It has updated bios, and drivers IN the box for Linux, Centos, Windows 7, 8, 10....Just in case.

* Hardware Raid 5 with 5 500gb solid state Samsung 840's.

* Hardware Raid 5 simply because it is FAST, and using HW controller, means if I lose the motherboard, I'm not losing the raid, and I can also dual boot linux or windows or windows 10, or bootable thumbdrive centos, etc, etc, etc, and still see the raid controller. REALLY important for me. .

* Backed up to Raid 0 on another box.

* I should tell you about my software raid 5 array of thumbdrives.....that was fun .

* Redundancy doesn't keep me up at night. But I know I will not lose stuff I've been keeping for 10-20 years. . Digital Pics, Videos, etc, etc.

Hey, I'm a DBA, I live and breathe backups .

Later,

geo
Noice, very noice. Smart RAID controllers will very likely save your bacon, they've saved mine a few times in the past.

Just run vmWare ESX (open source version used to be free, prolly still is) and run all the machines at once. You got 2 TB of Raid 5 disk, and a server. Might need more memory unless you have a bunch. Snapshots, and all the other cool stuff make virtual machines the only way to go.

BTW, you can't help it if you're a DBA. Is Hindi your first language or English?