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On 17/09/2013 15:11, Grant wrote: |
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>>>>>>> Is the Gentoo Software RAID + LVM guide the best place for RAID |
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>>>>>>> install info if I'm not using LVM and I'll have a hardware RAID |
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>>>>>>> controller? |
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>>>>>> Not ready to take the ZFS plunge? That would greatly reduce the complexity |
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>>>>>> of RAID+LVM, since ZFS best practice is to set your hardware raid controller |
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>>>>>> to JBOD mode and let ZFS take care of the RAID - and no LVM required (ZFS |
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>>>>>> has mucho better tools). That is my next big project for when I switch to my |
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>>>>>> next new server. |
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>>>>>> I'm just hoping I can get comfortable with a process for getting ZFS |
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>>>>>> compiled into the kernel that is workable/tenable for ongoing kernel updates |
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>>>>>> (with minimal fear of breaking things due to a complex/fragile |
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>>>>>> methodology)... |
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>>>>> |
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>>>>> Can't you just emerge zfs-kmod? Or maybe you're trying to do it |
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>>>>> without module support? |
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>>>> @tanstaafl's kernels have no module support. |
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>>> OK, but why exclude module support? |
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>> Noooooooooo, please for the love of god and all that's holy, let's not |
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>> go there again :-) |
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> Oopsie! |
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>> taanstafl has his reasons for using fully monolithic kernels without |
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>> module support. This works for him and nothing will dissuade him from |
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>> this strategy - we tried, we really did. He won. |
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> It must be for security. |
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Essentially, yes. He once explained his position to me nicely - he knows |
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exactly what hardware he has and what he needs, it never changes and he |
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never needs to tweak it on the fly. Once the driver is in the running |
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kernel, it stays there till a reboot. Modules he benefits, but he |
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doesn't need them. |
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That was the point I realised I didn't have an answer in his world. |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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