On Thu, Jul 19, 2007 at 12:50:45AM +0200, besonen wrote: > > i'm interested in learning what i need to know to stop using (or reduce my > dependence on) 3ware raid cards for mirroring. > > i would like to reduce my dependence on proprietary hardware. > > > some questions to get started: > > is it true that with software raid 1 that i cannot have the boot drive > protected? if this is the case what are some work-arounds besides using a > 3ware controller for just the boot drive? this was the case hasn't been the case for a while, I believe the new (?) etch installer lets you install to raid boot/root.
My standard build setup now a days is 500m raid 1 parition on disk 1 and 2 for /boot, the rest of the drive for raid ( 1 or 5 - depending on how many drives I have) I then use this space and place lvm on top if it and go from there. a lv for /, for /var/log, for /tmp I don;t have to worry about dying controller cards and incompatibilities and I am in the early stages of growing my raid5 from 200G drives to 500G drives live > > can i take a single drive that was part of a mirrored array and attach it > to another computer and access the data? yep > > if a hard drive in a mirrored array fails, and i replace the failed drive, > will the array auto-rebuild? and during the rebuild process, can the > rebuild be throttled such that the system remains usable while the rebuild > occurs? You will have to type a few commands, 1 to add the drive to the array - I think the module is the place you do the throttling. Plus best to raid partitions and not whole drives > > > thanks, > david > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a > subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
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