>> Is the Gentoo Software RAID + LVM guide the best place for RAID >> install info if I'm not using LVM and I'll have a hardware RAID >> controller? > > Not ready to take the ZFS plunge? That would greatly reduce the complexity > of RAID+LVM, since ZFS best practice is to set your hardware raid controller > to JBOD mode and let ZFS take care of the RAID - and no LVM required (ZFS > has mucho better tools). That is my next big project for when I switch to my > next new server. > > I'm just hoping I can get comfortable with a process for getting ZFS > compiled into the kernel that is workable/tenable for ongoing kernel updates > (with minimal fear of breaking things due to a complex/fragile > methodology)...
That sounds interesting. I don't think I'm up to it this time around, but ZFS manages a RAID array better than a good hardware card? It sounds like ZFS isn't included in the mainline kernel. Is it on its way in? - Grant
