Chapter 14. Configuring Data Storage
AT ITS MOST FUNDAMENTAL LEVEL, OUR JOB as system administrators is to serve up data, and to do so in just about any form our users demand. We are the Starbucks of the information age.
IBM recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of the IBM PC. The original PC model was capable of storing 128K of data on a 5-1/4 floppy and it could boot to a cassette tape. IBM then released the XT, which sported a massive 5MB hard disk drive that was as loud as a washing machine and cost about as much as an automobile.
Drive capacity has soared over the intervening years, and prices have plummeted. The server where I save my files has an array of 80GB drives that cost just over $200 apiece. Am I satisfied? No. The need for ...
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