Hard drives

[Blindbasher]

Hi,

How does Directadmin handle more than 1 hard drive, and how does it cope with backing them all? I want to have 2+ hard drives in my server.

 

[expream]

hmmm.... I think it doesnt matter ... did you ever use Linux/Unix systems? DA and other soft will see only partitions...and not hard drives

 

[Blindbasher]

No, this is my first time at linux. I want somthing where i can have 2-3 hard drive for clients, and then 2-3 hard drives same size to back them up. Is it possible or not?

 

[expream]

Yes... it is possible to make RAID .... but firstly .. I think you need to leatn somethink about unix... try to install unix to your pc... becoz it is a bad idea to make hosting.. when you never used unix before..

 

[Blindbasher]

I know a little, but not loads.

 

[Blindbasher]

I see I need to use LVM. If I use 1 group for backups, and one for all data etc, will i be able to add hard drives to groups once the OS has been isntalled?

 

[hostpc.com]

I shudder to think how many customers are stuffed on one server by some hosts.

Keeping backups on the same server is a recipe for disaster. Invest in a backup account, or another server that is JUST used to handle / store your user backups.

 

[jmstacey]

Most DCs offer backup services which are relatively reasonably priced (depending on your situation and strategy).

 

[nobaloney]

I see I need to use LVM.

LVM is very dangerous; if one drive fails the whole volume fails.

Jeff