[ILUG] Booting a broken raid array

[Kenn Humborg]

> Its a small office setup - About 10 people - data files shared by NFS 
> from the server. Currently the files are synced off-site every night 
> using rsync over ssh and then once a week copied to an external hard 
> drive, also held off site. So I can restore the system if it fails, 
> given time. We have had to do this in the past when the server hard 
> drive failed so I am quite happy our back up system works. However it 
> takes time and also relies on me being there - as the only vaguely 
> computer literate person in the company. As the company expands we need 
> a better system.
> 
> So to make things a bit more robust I want to migrate the server to a 
> RAID array for starters - I reckon hard drive failure is our most likely 
> failure point. At a later stage we are thinking of having a second 
> server on stand by as a backup.
> 
> Any suggestions welcome - I am no expert here.

I'd say get a server with a real hardware RAID setup, like a Dell PERC.

Later,
Kenn