>>Rick Hawkins wrote: > >wow, that was fast :) > >I've downloaded it, and read the docs. I compiled the kernel with >support for these devices. > >They will go on a machine with 3 200m ide drives, which will be a poor-man's >server. My current thinking is to mount / on the first controller, and >use the other pair as /usr on the second interface. /usr will be NFS >exported. Or would I be better off putting the two /usr drives on >separate controllers? > >also, would I be better off combining all three? and finally, will >linear or raid0 give be better performance on ide drives (i know the >answer is raid0 on scsi).
Put RAIDed disks on one controller and / and swap on another. Also, IIRC if disks on one controller support different modes, contoller will use the [s]lowest for both. So, if your disks aren't identical you might want to run a few tests on them (hdparm) first. Dimitri -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
