Marko Raiha wrote:
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:10:39AM -0600, secmgr wrote:
The reason is empirically derived. When I created a 7 disk raid 5 set
using "len 0" or all the space available, the raid set would be corrupt
after initializing. Every time. When I reserved back that extra
spac
Hi,
On Wed, Oct 27, 2004 at 09:10:39AM -0600, secmgr wrote:
> The reason is empirically derived. When I created a 7 disk raid 5 set
> using "len 0" or all the space available, the raid set would be corrupt
> after initializing. Every time. When I reserved back that extra
> space, no corrupt
Marko Raiha wrote:
Hi,
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:33:43PM -0600, secmgr wrote:
...
when you define the subdisk, don't use the whole drive. Leave at least
64 blocks unused.
...
Would you mind to tell the reason behind this rule of leaving at least
64 blocks unused?
Regards,
The reason is
Chuck Swiger wrote:
No. All of the drives need to be the same size. With RAID-5, which
drive is used to hold parity data rotates on a stripe-by-stripe basis
to balance out the load.
Just to clarify this point. All the subdisks in the plex need to be the
same size. The physical drives and eve
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004, Chuck Swiger wrote:
> > Are there known methods/techniques to restore data from failed concat or
> > stripe volumes?
>
> Certainly. It's known as "taking a backup", perhaps to a tape drive or some
> other form of storage. If you don't have a backup, and you lose a disk in a
Mikhail P. wrote:
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 05:33, secmgr wrote:
[ ... ]
If you want to do that, then you want raid5. If either a concat or
stripe set looses a drive, the data will need to be restored.
Are there known methods/techniques to restore data from failed concat or
stripe volumes?
Cer
On Wednesday 27 October 2004 05:33, secmgr wrote:
> > I have read the handbook articles, and I got general understanding of
> > Vinum. I'm particularly interested to know if I will still be able to use
> > volume in case of failed drive.
>
> If you want to do that, then you want raid5. If either a
Hi,
On Tue, Oct 26, 2004 at 11:33:43PM -0600, secmgr wrote:
> ...
> when you define the subdisk, don't use the whole drive. Leave at least
> 64 blocks unused.
> ...
Would you mind to tell the reason behind this rule of leaving at least
64 blocks unused?
Regards,
--
Marko Räihä
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 18:27, Mikhail P. wrote:
> I haven't worked with Vinum previously, but hear a lot about it. My question
> is how to implement the above (unite four drives into single volume) using
> Vinum, and what will happen if let's say one drive fails in volume? Am I
> loosing the who
Hello,
On our next file server, I want to make one large FTP area out of 4 drives (so
that system sees them as one volume). Vinum appears to be exactly what I
need.
I haven't worked with Vinum previously, but hear a lot about it. My question
is how to implement the above (unite four drives int
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