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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin@××××××××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID6 for / ?
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2010 15:47:01
Message-Id: 201012101645.34452.volkerarmin@googlemail.com
1 On Friday 10 December 2010, James wrote:
2 > Volker Armin Hemmann <volkerarmin <at> googlemail.com> writes:
3 > > Put /boot on raid1, / on raid6. Don't bother with lvm - it is just
4 > > another layer that can go wrong.
5 > > If Raid6 is like raid5 you should be able to have the kernel auto
6 > > assemble everything, so no initrd is needed. Pay attention to the
7 > > metadata format when creating the raid.
8 > > Also have a look at stripe sizes.
9 > > And stripe_cache_size.
10 >
11 > Volker,
12 >
13 > http://www.acnc.com/04_01_06.html
14 >
15 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID
16 >
17 > http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software
18 >
19 >
20 > Are these wiki pages, up to date?, Correct?
21 > Is it ok to follow?
22 >
23 >
24 > James
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27 http://en.gentoo-wiki.com/wiki/RAID/Software
28 looks ok.

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