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Re: [cobalt-users] raq4i vs raq4r



----- Original Message -----
From: "Carrie Bartkowiak" <ravencarrie@xxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2001 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [cobalt-users] raq4i vs raq4r

> Yes. The RAID disk mirroring is good if the main hdd fails for any
> reason - which they sometimes do. Again, the end-users see no
> difference.
> If you don't want RAID, you may as well go with an "i" and just get a
> lot of RAM added in.

I've actually got a RaQ4i set up with bootable RAID1 of the relevant
partitions (/, /var, and /home) and striped swap across both drives (hda and
hdc).

I did this because I didn't want to spend an extra 2K (Aus $) to get a
$200.00 hard drive.

Cheers,
Brad