From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id jBDHfR113194 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:41:27 -0500 Received: from eastrmmtao06.cox.net (eastrmmtao06.cox.net [68.230.240.33]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id jBDHfJ9A004695 for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:41:19 -0500 Received: from [192.168.0.5] (really [70.179.95.46]) by eastrmmtao06.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.05.02 201-2131-123-102-20050715) with ESMTP id <20051213173918.QLUO9108.eastrmmtao06.cox.net@[192.168.0.5]> for ; Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:39:18 -0500 Message-ID: <439F07E3.80804@cox.net> Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 12:41:55 -0500 From: Old Fart MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: [linux-lvm] Re: If one disk fails i loose everything? References: <200512131624.jBDGO5ui009897@cichlid.com> In-Reply-To: <200512131624.jBDGO5ui009897@cichlid.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Reply-To: rascal.jumper-747@cox.netmunged.redhat.com, LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format="flowed" To: LVM general discussion and development Andrew Burgess wrote: >> Good discussion....the need to protect data under various contingencies >> is why I use raid5 sets as the PVs. You can lose up to two and keep >> your data, hot add, have spares, etc. >> > > You mean raid6 > > _______________________________________________ > linux-lvm mailing list > linux-lvm@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-lvm > read the LVM HOW-TO at http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ > > Actually I meant raid 5 based on actual 2 disk dropouts experienced on test systems and the LVM data was still available. Probably lucky. Thanks for the note.