Am 09.12.2010 18:14, schrieb Neil Bothwick: > On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 17:08:42 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: >> Wouldn't it be even more efficient (in terms of not wasting space) to >> create that 6-devices-RAID1 smaller, for /boot and a second array, with >> RAID6, for / ? >> >> Less space wasted, higher redundancy for / ... ? > > Since / only needs about 200MB, space isn't really an issue, and RAID1 > gives the highest redundancy. The main reason I don't put / on a higher > RAID level is that it adds the complication of another filesystem and > partition on each drive. / + one LVM keeps it nice and simple.
OK, I see your point. My / is usually bigger, it seems that you use other/more separate partitions/LVs for stuff like /var etc. Thanks for that, Stefan
