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From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?
Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 14:15:56
Message-Id: 20101209141408.6ae2f8eb@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ? by "Stefan G. Weichinger"
1 On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 12:14:44 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote:
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3 > A software-RAID is planned, RAID6 for the data (in a LVM2-VG) ...
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5 > I usually set up /boot on a RAID1 on the first two disks and often also
6 > / on simply a mirror.
7 >
8 > Would you guy recommend to use RAID6 for / as well?
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10 I don't bother with a separate /boot, especially when / is separate
11 anyway. I'd use / (including /boot) as RAID1 on all the disks, then the
12 RAID6 LVM for everything else. Otherwise you have to mess around with
13 initrds or scripts to mount / from the LVM.
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17 Neil Bothwick
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19 Is that "woof" feed me; "woof" walk me; "woof" there's a burglar? What??

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