Re: [gentoo-user] RAID6 for / ?

[Stefan G. Weichinger]

Am 09.12.2010 18:21, schrieb Volker Armin Hemmann:
> Put /boot on raid1, / on raid6. Don't bother with lvm - it is just
> another layer that can go wrong.

You mean "don't use lvm for /" ? ... for other stuff it's very useful,
isn't it?

;-)

I never put / on lvm, yep.

> If Raid6 is like raid5 you should be
> able to have the kernel auto assemble everything, so no initrd is
> needed. Pay attention to the metadata format when creating the raid.
> Also have a look at stripe sizes. And stripe_cache_size.

Thanks for your reminders.
What exactly do you think of with stripes and sizes?
You point at the performance-impact? large files vs. small files etc?

Thanks, Stefan