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On Thu, 09 Dec 2010 15:53:24 +0100, Stefan G. Weichinger wrote: |
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> I never did RAID1 with more than 2 disks, you suggest something like: |
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> mdadm --create /dev/md0 --level=1 --raid-disks=6 /dev/sd[abcdef]1 |
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Yes |
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> This would result in /dev/md0 having a usable size of 3 disks? |
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No, the size is that of one disk. The reason for using all disks is that |
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otherwise the space would go unused and this way you can boot from any of |
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the disks in the event of failures. |
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I've never tried it with 6, but my desktop is set up like this with a |
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three disk RAID1 for / and LVM on RAID5 for everything else. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Beware of cover disks bearing upgrades. |
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