Re: softraid ignorance (mine).

2010-10-22 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
On 22 October 2010 17:31, Tomas Bodzar wrote: > You will find a lot of answers here > http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/papers/abc2010-P8B-paper.pdf > > But quick overview : > > RAID5 is still experimental and softraid can be created from 200 chunks max. Thanks Tomas, that would do :P.

Re: softraid ignorance (mine).

2010-10-22 Thread Tomas Bodzar
You will find a lot of answers here http://2010.asiabsdcon.org/papers/abc2010-P8B-paper.pdf But quick overview : RAID5 is still experimental and softraid can be created from 200 chunks max. On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 10:16 PM, Christiano F. Haesbaert wrote: > On 22 October 2010 17:08, Adam M. Dutk

Re: softraid ignorance (mine).

2010-10-22 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
On 22 October 2010 17:08, Adam M. Dutko wrote: > Yes it is possible. The actual commands are dependent on the firmware and > device manufacturer. For instance if you have an LSI card you'll want to > look into the "MegaCLI." > Maybe I wasn't clear, I'm considering softraid(4)

Re: softraid ignorance (mine).

2010-10-22 Thread Adam M. Dutko
Yes it is possible. The actual commands are dependent on the firmware and device manufacturer. For instance if you have an LSI card you'll want to look into the "MegaCLI."

softraid ignorance (mine).

2010-10-22 Thread Christiano F. Haesbaert
Hi, Pardon my ignorance, but is it possible to add more drives to a RAID-5 array ? I basically can't afford to buy them all at once :(. Thanks