>I have a G4 1.33GHz single (therefore Ultra ATA drives) running
>10.3.9, and will soon have critical data on RAID-1 mirrored drives.
>I'd very much appreciate any advice about choosing a machine for
>failover, criteria follow:
>-the ability to quickly swap to another machine (< 1hr) is important
>-having an additional user machine would be nice
>-cost is an issue, but a $1000 difference is not insurmountable
>-as this is my first time working in this capacity, I have no real
>idea of how (un)likely a catastrophic failure is for an XServe--am I
My biased recommendation is a set of XServe internal disks Mirrored, with
SoftRAID, and 2 or more disks as part of the mirrored volume rotated off
site, which are brought in, plugged in, and removed at night. This gives
you a set of copies off line, which can also serve as archives. If your
swap drives are ATA, you need a couple spare trays for the XServe, If
they are FireWire, they are easier to move around, and to connect to a
alternative machine in an emergency, but FireWire (because it uses a
seperate cable/enclosure) is not as robust as ATA in a server tray.
The cost of the above is reasonable, 2+ disks, and SoftRAID, and seeems
to cover your needs.
"A corrupt society has many laws."
- Tacitus, Roman Senator
Mark James
SoftRAID, LLC
mjames@ softraid.com
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