Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 11:16 AM Matti Pulkkinen wrote: > > Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 10.11.2020 klo 22.04: > > There was an explanation a while back on the -devel list during the > > discussion about making btrfs the default. I think that RAID5 and 6 are > > not working well for some reason. RAID1

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

Chris Murphy kirjoitti 11.11.2020 klo 9.14: Device type menu shows: btrfs, lvm, raid and standard. And raid means mdadm raid  Custom partitioning keeps these devices types separate. But Advanced-Custom lets you do most anything, Ah, of course. I don't know why I didn't think to look there. T

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 10.11.2020 klo 22.04: There was an explanation a while back on the -devel list during the discussion about making btrfs the default.  I think that RAID5 and 6 are not working well for some reason.  RAID1 is ok, but just be aware that by default, you can't boot from a degra

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 1:04 PM Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 11/10/20 7:47 AM, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: > > Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 7.11.2020 klo 0.11: > >> The current recommendation is to not use any RAID options with btrfs > >> right now. Use mdraid underneath instead. > > > > Could you elaborate on why

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On 11/10/20 11:14 PM, Chris Murphy wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 8:47 AM Matti Pulkkinen > wrote: > The current recommendation is to not use any RAID options with btrfs right now.  Use > mdraid underneath instead. Could you elaborate on why this is? Is the

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On Tue, Nov 10, 2020, 8:47 AM Matti Pulkkinen wrote: > Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 7.11.2020 klo 0.11: > > In the custom partitioning, if you try to create a btrfs file system and > > have multiple disk selected, it gives you some raid options. I believe > > "single" creates one filesystem across both

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On 11/10/20 7:47 AM, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 7.11.2020 klo 0.11: The current recommendation is to not use any RAID options with btrfs right now.  Use mdraid underneath instead. Could you elaborate on why this is? Is there a way to select which type of RAID to use in Anaco

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

Samuel Sieb kirjoitti 7.11.2020 klo 0.11: In the custom partitioning, if you try to create a btrfs file system and have multiple disk selected, it gives you some raid options.  I believe "single" creates one filesystem across both drives. I was able to find an explanation that "single" more or

Re: Anaconda RAID levels

On 11/6/20 1:38 PM, Matti Pulkkinen wrote: I tried looking at the documentation for installing Fedora[1], but didn't see an explanation of what raid level "single" means in Anaconda. If I select two disks for a volume, and then select single level RAID, does this mean I'm actually only using on

Anaconda RAID levels

Hello! I tried looking at the documentation for installing Fedora[1], but didn't see an explanation of what raid level "single" means in Anaconda. If I select two disks for a volume, and then select single level RAID, does this mean I'm actually only using one disk, or is it somehow equivalen