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On Saturday 21 March 2015 11:18:44 Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sat, Mar 21, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Peter Humphrey <peter@××××××××××××.uk> |
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> > Does it make sense to install a partition table on a RAID-1 device? |
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> When I was using mdadm I would do it all the time. It is the easiest |
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> way to do RAID with devices of different sizes. You just set up |
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> multiple arrays across partitions of the same sizes and then combine |
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> everything with LVM. |
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Thanks Rich. |
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I see I wasn't clear: I meant /dev/mdX resulting from combining /dev/sd[ab]X |
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- I assume you meant the same. |
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Interesting that the installation doc doesn't mention it though. Or it |
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didn't when I used it to build this box. |
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Rgds |
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Peter. |
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