[svlug] Help connecting 60 Gig Raid Array

[Bevan Schroeder]

On Tue, 10 Nov 1998, Ben Spade wrote:

> One of you suggested that partitions be no larger than the backup device.
> OK, should I treat the array as one huge logical unit, and partition it
> the way we normally do, or should I break the array into multiple LUNs
> (which would allow me more partitions, but the multiple LUNs will confuse
> me, if not Linux).

The easiest answer is to write a shell script that reads dump's output on
stdin, and flushes it to tape.  Every <size of tape>, you prompt the user
to put in the next tape.  This is not the most basic of shell scripts;
perl or C may be required.  I know it can be done, though.  This way, you
can go ahead and have one huge 60GB partition.

> Do I gain enough from a 2.1 kernel to be worth getting on the development
> roller coaster? How much trouble is it take SuSE 5.3 from the 'stable' 
> world into the 'development' world? (I installed SuSE because someone had
> borrowed the Redhat 5.1 CDs, and also to learn about another distribution.
> We currently have Slackware, RedHat, and SuSE systems here - any comments?)

Rick Moen has a web page detailing the changeover.  You gain quite a bit,
and you'll also have to do all the same things for 2.2 if you want to
switch to that, anyway.

-bevan


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