[nmglug] production server question follow-up

[J. Marsden DeLapp]

Andres Paglayan wrote:
> now I just ordered the hardware, since the chassis supports 8 disks, and 
> the mobo 6,
> so I purchased 8 disks just to have two identical spares sitting there 
> unplugged.

You should plug in the spares somewhere and run them for at least 24 hours to make sure they have a good burn-in and 
identify any that would fail from infant mortality.

> Since I don't see myself changing or adding disks during the life of the 
> server,
> I will not do LVM on top.

I would use LVM. I have learned that plans change and always using LVM makes life easier when the unexpected change happens.

Mars


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