Offtopic: hardware advice for SAS RAID6

2007-11-20 Thread Richard Michael
On the heels of last week's post asking about hardware recommendations, I'd like to ask a few questions too. :) I'm considering my first SAS purchase. I'm planning to build a software RAID6 array using a SAS JBOD attached to a linux box. I haven't decided on any of the hardware specifics. I'm l

Re: mdadm usage: creating arrays with helpful names?

2007-06-28 Thread Richard Michael
On Thu, Jun 28, 2007 at 09:12:56AM +0100, David Greaves wrote: > (back on list for google's benefit ;) and because there are some good > questions and I don't know all the answers... ) Thanks, I didn't realize I didn't 'reply-all' to stay on the list. > Hopefully it will snowball as people who u

mdadm usage: creating arrays with helpful names?

2007-06-26 Thread Richard Michael
How do I create an array with a helpful name? i.e. "/dev/md/storage"? The mdadm man page hints at this in the discussion of the --auto option in the ASSEMBLE MODE section, but doesn't clearly indicate how it's done. Must I create the device nodes by hand first using MAKEDEV? Thanks. - To unsubsc

Auto rebuild of Firewire/USB drive in 3-way RAID1

2007-06-19 Thread Richard Michael
Hello all, I'm looking for comments on a setup I'm working on.. I'm building three-way mirror with (at least) one removable drive. My intention is solve the offsite backup problem by allowing my users to simply unplug the removable drive, take it away, and replug it (or a replacement later) with