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Here are some rules to live by:
1. Use a journaling filesystem.
2. Spindles, spindles, spindles. If your concerned about disk performance, stripe your data across multiple spindles.
3. Mirror. Mirror your data / stripes. 1+0 or 0+1 schemes are recommended depending on the amount / type of data you're talking about. RAID-5 schemes are not an effective option in my opionion.
4. Stop fucking around with Linux / FreeBSD solutions and get yourself a real OS. You'll do a better mitigating risk and managing performance using Solaris with Veritas Volume Manager and Veritas File System (VxVM and VxFS respectively).
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