On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 12:59:11AM +1000, Russell Coker wrote: > > Is there any reason why you want your OS on a single separate drive with > > no RAID? > > Some people think that it's only worth using RAID for things that you can't > lose. But RAID also offers convenience. If your system with RAID has one > disk die you would probably like it to keep running while you go to the shop > to buy a new disk.
yep, exactly. RAID isn't a substitute for backup, but having my OS partition on RAID (or ZFS) means I can recover from a disk failure without having to restore from backup. The system can limp along with the RAID/zpool in degraded mode until I get a replacment - then the replacement will just automatically sync when I install & configure it. also, /etc and /var and /usr/local qualifies as stuff I don't want to lose. craig -- craig sanders <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ luv-main mailing list [email protected] https://lists.luv.asn.au/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/luv-main
