[Wylug-discuss] Q1: RAID capable network file servers and Linux

[Gary Stainburn]

Hi folks.

We're looking into ways of performing backups of our Windows XP network 
and we've just had a salesman in suggesting a VERITAS based solution.

Part of this solution consisted of having a large DELL/IBM/HP server 
with a RAID controller and 4 hot-swap disks, running NT/2003/whatever.

How well does Linux behave on such a platform?  Can you do a hot-swap of 
a faulty disk and rebuild the RAID array with no downtime, and if so, 
how easy is it?  Are there any gotchas I need to be aware of, or any 
reason for me to not put Linux forward for this solution (seem like the 
perfect Linux application for me)?

Gary
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