>>>>>> 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)... >>>> >>>> Can't you just emerge zfs-kmod? Or maybe you're trying to do it >>>> without module support? >>> >>> @tanstaafl's kernels have no module support. >> >> OK, but why exclude module support? > > Noooooooooo, please for the love of god and all that's holy, let's not > go there again :-)
Oopsie! > taanstafl has his reasons for using fully monolithic kernels without > module support. This works for him and nothing will dissuade him from > this strategy - we tried, we really did. He won. It must be for security. - Grant
