Server setup hints

[Dan Martin]

Collins Richey wrote:

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>On 8/6/06, Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
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>>>Here's how you can help:
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>>>1. The actual Ubuntu server setup is a no brainer. I've already put up
>>>a model on my home machine. 64-bit is out since the Oracle XE toolset
>>>is 32-bit only. The Oracel XE tools go in just fine, and I'm including
>>>a very minimal X and Firefox setup (not started as a rule) for local
>>>checkout.
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>>Unless Oracle has changed things in the past year or so, you need X to
>>install any oracle software.
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>I'm sure this is true.but all you need is a web server to run the software.
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>>The database should be on a different partition than your webserver & its
>>content.
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>That's a no brainer.
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>>Beyond that, the rest doesn't matter much.
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>Somehow Ithink it does matter. We want the system to be able to
>recover from a failed drive with minimal interruption to service.
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If you do software raid, you'll be using LVM2, correct?
I think there is another feature of LVM2 that lets you mount a filesystem
that is a snapshot of a working filesystem. This gives you a convenient way
of getting a good backup, even if the system is busy.

Once you mount the snapshot, do your rsync, or
other backup procedure, from the snapshot. Be sure when you set up the 
volumes to
leave some free space for this purpose. Make sure all data files are on 
the same
filesystem.

Could you use the existing Windows server as the target of your backup?

Good luck,
Dan Martin
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