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From: AndyLiebman@aol.com
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Stupid Question?
Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 17:52:48 EDT	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <134.2f7071f3.2de27730@aol.com> (raw)

Hi, 

I feel like this is a stupid question. But I actually don't know the answer 
to it. If I'm going to make a Software RAID array with a bunch of identical 
disks, do the disks have to have at least one partition on them? Or can I use 
disks with NO partitions? 

Similarly, if I have made a hardware RAID array (say, with a 3ware 8506 
card), do I have to create at least a single partition on it before I put a file 
system on it? 

If partitions aren't necessary, is there any advantage or disadvantage to 
having a single partition on a disk versus having none? Is having no partitions 
faster? 

Andy Liebman

             reply	other threads:[~2004-05-23 21:52 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-05-23 21:52 AndyLiebman [this message]
2004-05-23 23:23 ` Stupid Question? Jose Luis Domingo Lopez
2004-05-24  2:01 ` jim
2004-05-24  2:33   ` Neil Brown
2004-05-24  9:09     ` AW: " root
2004-05-24 22:58       ` Neil Brown
2004-05-24 23:11         ` robin-lists
2004-05-24 23:40           ` Neil Brown
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-05-24  9:33 AndyLiebman

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