Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 05:09, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seriously, as I need more disk space and CPU than disk IO, I went for > RAID 5. If level 0 or 1 fits your application better, software RAID > might be an option. But why burn CPU on RAID when your controller > brings it

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-03 Thread Russell Coker
On Fri, 2 Jul 2004 05:09, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seriously, as I need more disk space and CPU than disk IO, I went for > RAID 5. If level 0 or 1 fits your application better, software RAID > might be an option. But why burn CPU on RAID when your controller > brings it

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Yes. Given the price of RAID controllers (ServerRAID, for example) and > > the problems of software RAID, I strongly suggest getting a decent > > controller and do whatever RAID level you need. > Hardware RAID is more expensive. Yes. It's not a cheap solu

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Yes. Given the price of RAID controllers (ServerRAID, for example) and > > the problems of software RAID, I strongly suggest getting a decent > > controller and do whatever RAID level you need. > Hardware RAID is more expensive. Yes. It's not a cheap solu

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
* Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-01 14:52]: > If you have a decent amount of RAM then the OS partition(s) will usually have > almost no access apart from writes to /var/log, and if you use the "-" option > in the syslog configuration that shouldn't be a significant load either. >

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:37, Jogi Hofmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Gustavo Polillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-30 17:22]: > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > it? thanks. > > We just recently started tests with adaptecs zcr cards (2010S) and > aic-7

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
* Russell Coker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-07-01 14:52]: > If you have a decent amount of RAM then the OS partition(s) will usually have > almost no access apart from writes to /var/log, and if you use the "-" option > in the syslog configuration that shouldn't be a significant load either. >

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
> Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. I use LVM over software RAID 1 (mirroring). I use Debian stable and I decided that boot partition over LVM was not worth, specially because of trouble in case of disaster recovery. So my RAID is as follow:

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 20:37, Jogi Hofmüller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Gustavo Polillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-30 17:22]: > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > it? thanks. > > We just recently started tests with adaptecs zcr cards (2010S) and > aic-7

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
Hi! * Gustavo Polillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-30 17:22]: > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. We just recently started tests with adaptecs zcr cards (2010S) and aic-7902 controlors. Our solution is to have one disk to hold the OS and thre

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:43, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that > > > > make it? > > > > > > Works as expected. RAID appear

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Niccolo Rigacci
> Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. I use LVM over software RAID 1 (mirroring). I use Debian stable and I decided that boot partition over LVM was not worth, specially because of trouble in case of disaster recovery. So my RAID is as follow:

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Jogi Hofmüller
Hi! * Gustavo Polillo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2004-06-30 17:22]: > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. We just recently started tests with adaptecs zcr cards (2010S) and aic-7902 controlors. Our solution is to have one disk to hold the OS and thre

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > > it? > > Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. > Only for hardware RAID. Yes. Given the price of RAID controllers

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 17:43, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that > > > > make it? > > > > > > Works as expected. RAID appear

Re: lvm with raid

2004-07-01 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Russell Coker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > > it? > > Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. > Only for hardware RAID. Yes. Given the price of RAID controllers

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 03:33, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > it? > > Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. Only for hardware RAID. Software

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 03:33, Christoph Moench-Tegeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make > > it? > > Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. Only for hardware RAID. Software

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 01:49, Brett Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just create the LVM volume on the RAID device, and that should be it, > keeping /boot out of the LVM is a requirement fwict, otherwise the > bootloader can't get access to the initrd or kernel image. LILO is supposed to work on LV

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Brett Parker
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:10:31PM -0300, Gustavo Polillo wrote: > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. I'm currently using LVM over a software RAID 5 on one of our servers, /boot is a software RAID 1 array with an initrd to mount the LVM roo

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Christoph Moench-Tegeder
## Gustavo Polillo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? Works as expected. RAID appears as a simple SCSI drive. Regards, Christoph -- Spare Space -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Tro

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Russell Coker
On Thu, 1 Jul 2004 01:49, Brett Parker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just create the LVM volume on the RAID device, and that should be it, > keeping /boot out of the LVM is a requirement fwict, otherwise the > bootloader can't get access to the initrd or kernel image. LILO is supposed to work on LV

Re: lvm with raid

2004-06-30 Thread Brett Parker
On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 12:10:31PM -0300, Gustavo Polillo wrote: > > > Is it possible to make lvm with raid ?? Is there anyone here that make it? > thanks. I'm currently using LVM over a software RAID 5 on one of our servers, /boot is a software RAID 1 array with an initrd to mount the LVM roo