Götz Reinicke - IT Koordinator wrote:
> Hi,
>
> soon I'll get a SUN X4170 with 8*2,5" SAS 300 GB harddisks. (24 GB
> RAM)
>
> This system could be our new central mysql-server for some
> LAMP-systems. (right now about 50 GB mysql data total, roughly 60-70%
> reads.)
>
> What would be a good raid-Layout for the server?
>
> I was thinking of one large 1+0 or 0+1 as 1.2TB would be more than
> enought.
>
> Or may be I do split things up like this: one raid 1 for the system,
> one raid 1 for logfiles, one raid 1+0/0+1 for the database.
>
> Any suggestions?
I have a very similar HP box with 8 drives too - I've got it running one
RAID1 (2x72Gb) for system and one RAID6 (6x146Gb) for data.
/Per Jessen, Zürich
