From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carabetta Giulio Subject: Offtopic: on case (was: R: RAID6 reshape, 2 disk failures) Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2012 16:32:42 +0200 Message-ID: <4FDB990B62C2D849BA8EADBDD1C5928E1372362B18@CCRMBX.abiad.abi.lan> References: <235A81EB-2E6D-45AD-9175-29ABA1628632@colorremedies.com> <507FEE52.50103@hardwarefreak.com> <3286E6F7-0982-4A87-A83C-5D78B22EE437@colorremedies.com> <50806D6C.2050103@hardwarefreak.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: In-Reply-To: <50806D6C.2050103@hardwarefreak.com> Content-Language: it-IT Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: "'stan@hardwarefreak.com'" , =?iso-8859-1?Q?=27Mathias_Bur=E9n=27?= Cc: 'Linux RAID' List-Id: linux-raid.ids Sorry for the OT, but... > Lack of a List-Post header got me again...sorry for the dup Mathias. > > On 10/18/2012 3:17 PM, Mathias Bur=E9n wrote: >=20 > > If I had them all as single volumes I'd have to use mhddfs or=20 > > something to make it look like 1 logical volume. Or even use some k= ind=20 > > of LVM perhaps. >=20 > Or md/RAID --linear. Given the list you're posting to I'm surprised = you forgot this option. >=20 > But running without redundancy of any kind will cause more trouble th= an you currently have. >=20 > Last words of advice: >=20 > In the future, spend a little more per drive and get units that will = live longer. Also, mounting a 120mm fan in the bottom of that Antec > = cube chassis blowing "up" on the drives simply circulates the hot air a= lready inside the chassis. It does not increase CFM of cool air=20 > intake nor exhaust of hot air. So T_case is pretty much the same as = before you put the 2nd 120mm fan in there. And T_case is the temp=20 > that determines drive life. >=20 > "silent chassis" and RAID are mutually exclusive. You'll rarely, if = ever, properly cool multiple HDDs, of any persuasion, in a "silent" > chassis. To make it silent the fans must turn at very low RPM, thus = yielding very low CFM, thus yielding high device temps. You are right, I know that very well...=20 Also I'm looking for a compromise between temperature and noise: what d= o you think about this case? http://www.lian-li.com/v2/en/product/product06.php?pr_index=3D480&cl_in= dex=3D1&sc_index=3D26&ss_index=3D67&g=3Df >=20 > -- > Stan >=20 > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid"= in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo >= info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Giulio Carabetta-- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html