New PC useing only linux 64 bit

noelc · 05-21-2009, 09:03 PM

Thanks H TEXMEX H and others for all your advice much appreciate.

I placed my order today as per below with Ubuntu Linux 9.04 preloaded and tested prior to delivery. I figured for a poultry amount I could get Linx loaded and tested which includes 12 months warranty and 30 minutes software support

I have not taken the RAID option and assume I can change this myself if I choose??

Antec Sonata 111
Antec EA500 Power supply. (22A per rail)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8600 3.33Ghz
512MB NVIDIA Geforce 9800GT
2 x Corsair TWIN2X4096-6400C4DHX 4GB 800MHz DDR2 4-4-4-12 RAM- 8GB Total RAM
500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
500GB 7200RPM SATA HDD
8X Dual Layer DVD+RW + 20X DVD+-RW + CD-RW Combo Drive with Light scribe
8X Dual Layer DVD+RW + 20X DVD+-RW + CD-RW Combo Drive with Light scribe

Virtual Box OSE for Linux

1-Year Return to Base Warranty

H_TeXMeX_H · 05-22-2009, 04:21 AM

Yeah you can do software raid anytime if you choose to:
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html

wuwei2 · 06-21-2009, 05:59 AM

Hi NoelC,

Just wonder how your experience with this so far ? I am also looking at building a new Ubuntu PC with video editing (HD) in mind as well.

Besides, which motherboard did you finally buy ?

thorkelljarl · 06-21-2009, 07:45 AM

Backup...

Are you setting those two HDD to mirror one another (RAID 1), so that when one fails, you still have all your files, or are you going to provide yourself with some other form of backup?

Backup...

srunni · 06-21-2009, 12:13 PM

RAID is not backup.

H_TeXMeX_H · 06-21-2009, 01:41 PM

I also agree that RAID is NOT a method of backing up files. I would also argue that using a HDD is also not a method of backing up files.

onebuck · 06-21-2009, 02:29 PM

Hi,

Backups are very important for any system. Especially production machines. A good admin will backup via grandfathering along with on site via alternate storage means. Even tape is better than nothing. SMD is available still today for Linux backup. CD/DVD are not necessarily my first choice but it's better than nothing. HDD is the convenient media but again not the reliable method. But to a alternate storage disk is again better than nothing. External drives can be treated as a 'SMD' but still reliability plays.

I backup through out my LAN. I don't need to grandfather but if I would need to then there are multiple services available today.

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