Subj : Re: Novell 4.11 reboot
To   : Darren Gibbs
From : Craig Healy
Date : Thu Jun 08 2000 07:30 am

-> ->> Some people don't realise what "building a RAID5 array" entails,
->
-> CH> I can see where a first-timer might get that impression if he did
-> CH> not read the docs.  The Adaptec is easy enough to configure.
->
-> Most RAID cards are - if you RTFM!

Yes.  And most other things, *assuming* the docs are worth their salt.
Many docs are awful.  Wildcat BBS docs are essentially worthless.

-> CH> I do keep having visions of a 225gb RAID5 array.  The Adaptec UDM
-> CH> RAID card and four IBM 75gb UDMA drives.  About $3,000US for all.
->
-> Think yourself lucky. I don't even know if we can GET those over here
-> have to do something that big with UW SCSI - 7 x 34 gig drives, plus
-> card - all told, about $40,000 $AUS.

The Adaptec card, and IBM drives ought to be available.  Can't comment
on the import duties and exchange ratio though..

-> CH> BTW, the APC UPS was the apparent culprit on my 5:30am server
-> CH> reboots.
->
-> It's possible that someone in the past had put a programmed shutdown
-> into it using PowerChute - that's about all I can think of.

I doubt it in this case.  It would have taken some malevolent elf to
follow me around and program that in all the machines I tried it on.
Must be something in both those APC UPSs.  I don't even have
PowerChute on these machines.

-c-

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