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From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Cc: James <wireless@×××××××××××.com>
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID on new install
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:50:02
Message-Id: BANLkTimOzMSodyqjHd8EWeskS1fzOO=Rvw@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID on new install by James
1 On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 7:16 AM, James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> wrote:
2 > Mark Shields <laebshade <at> gmail.com> writes:
3 >
4 >
5 >> The last guide recommends using raid0 on some
6 >> partitions; everytime I use LVM2, I use nothing
7 >> but raid1 partitions.  I'd rather have the full
8 >> raid1 than partial raid 1 + speed of raid0.
9 >
10 >
11 > Well Raid 1 only would be keen.
12 > Even swap as raid 1 ?
13 >
14
15 The kernel does it's own management of swap. If you use swap at all
16 I'd let the kernel manage that itself and not get in the middle with
17 RAID.
18
19 - Mark