[XCSSA] Recommendations for a SAMBA/NAS device?

[X-otic Computer Systems of San Antonio]

On Saturday 23 May 2009, Tim S. wrote:
[...]
> > But running SW-RAID on the same system that's running your OS on?..
> > meh..
> > RAID-1 as most.. but I really wouldn't do much else.
>
> Agreed. Our "Recommended MySQL DBA Server Config" is a RAID1 for OS
> and RAID10 for Data (with an optional RAID5 for backups if you really
> need the space and can afford a DAS). I think avoiding a RAID5 on / is
> good practice no matter if it is hardware of software RAID.

Maybe on a big DB server or I/O bound system... but even RAID-5 with 
batt.backed w.back cache is still pretty fast.



[...]
> > Sounds like one of us needs to do a home-brew NAS presentation.. tag
> > team
> > maybe Tim? How about you Firestorm(Matt)?  Sounds like we have varied
> > perspectives.  Might be cool. :)
>
> Yep I think that would be cool too! I won't have my NAS ready for a
> bit but if someone wants to see some RAID and LVM magic, I'd be happy
> to share what I've learned.
> Tim S.

I would like to heard about your setup.  

Mine is mythtv atop LVM, atop SW-RAID-1.  Works great.  I have seen it recover 
several times from a RAID hiccup.. while show recording, etc continues 
unaffected. (slight increase in load)

Tweeks