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On 27/03/2022 21:36, Wol wrote: |
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> I don't know either. I'm just far more familiar with the dm/md layer |
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> because I run md-raid over dm-integrity. Hence dm-crypt. |
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> Is cryptsetup a layer in its own right, or part of lvm? I prefer the |
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> Unix "use several tools each of which does one thing well", other people |
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> prefer a swiss army knife like ZFS or btrfs. I don't know where |
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> cryptsetup lies on that spectrum, and I don't know your preferences on |
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> that spectrum. |
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Just seen Rich's message, so now I know :-) |
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But it's just hit me - you have three PV's joined into one LV? Is that |
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effectively raid-0? If so, you know you have just TREBLED your risk of |
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losing your home drive? (Although I do know the risk is low to start with.) |
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Don't know what really to suggest though, other than getting a new 8TB |
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drive and converting it to a 3x8TB 16TB raid-5 ... and you said you |
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didn't want to splash out on a new drive ... |
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Cheers, |
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Wol |
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