[CentOS] RAID-1 strategy for a CentOS/Xen server?

2007-12-07 Thread Bob Tomkins
Hi, I'm planning to migrate my current server configuration: AMD Athlon/X2 FreeBSD 62-Release 2 x 250GB HW RAID1 (all partitions RAIDed, incl. swap) to a Xen/CentOS config: AMD Athlon/X2 Dom0 CentOS 51 Xen 31 Dom1/1 FreeBSD 7 Dom1/2 Ce

Re: [CentOS] RAID-1 strategy for a CentOS/Xen server?

2007-12-07 Thread Bob Tomkins
Hi Jon, On Dec 7, 2007 10:57 AM, Jon Stanley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The entire system I would install on HW RAID, and use LVM for > flexibility in domU configurations. You can do things like take LVM > snapshots and have a clone of your system available for testing, for > instance. > > In

Re: [CentOS] RAID-1 strategy for a CentOS/Xen server?

2007-12-07 Thread Bob Tomkins
Hi Jon, Not really. Each domU has it's own storage space - which can either > be a file or an LVM volume. In the instance that I described, we > "fooled" the domU by actually using LVM snapshots (let me know if > you're not familiar with the concept) thereby only physically having > one copy of