On 17/09/2013 15:11, Grant wrote: >>>>>>> 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.
Essentially, yes. He once explained his position to me nicely - he knows exactly what hardware he has and what he needs, it never changes and he never needs to tweak it on the fly. Once the driver is in the running kernel, it stays there till a reboot. Modules he benefits, but he doesn't need them. That was the point I realised I didn't have an answer in his world. -- Alan McKinnon alan.mckin...@gmail.com
