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On Wednesday 16 Oct 2013 21:14:38 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: |
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> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 08:10:40PM +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: |
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> > On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 10:42:18PM +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> > > mdadm --create --auto=mdp --verbose /dev/md_d0 --level=mirror |
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> > > --raid-devices=2 /dev/sda /dev/sdb |
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> > > which is thereafter partitioned with fdisk. This is the one I have |
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> > > used in the past. |
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> > > Which one is preferable, or what are the pros & cons of each? |
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> > For a basic RAID1, the best is to keep it as simple as possible. So |
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> > mirroring while disk looks better. It will also keep MBR/GPT synced. |
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> s/while/the whole/ |
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> > I tend to make manual partitions that I mirror but this is because I |
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> > usually require to do more complex setups (e.g. mixing mirror types), or |
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> > because I need to have the setup more flexible. |
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Thank you both, I will go with mirroring the whole disk, before I partition |
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the array. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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