From: Andy Smith <andy@lug.org.uk>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: block level vs. file level
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:01:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060213120155.GZ32687@strugglers.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <op.s4wlfngxcigqcu@apollo13>
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On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:48:49AM +0100, PFC wrote:
> I suggest, when using software raid, to create partitions that are,
> say, 100 megabytes or even a gigabyte smaller than the size of the drive.
> You lose a bit of space, but if you ever need to change one, you won't
> feel stupid with a brand new drive that you can't use because it's a few
> sectors too short.
After my previous experience what I tend to do now is set aside
about 2GB on each disk to use as components of a RAID-0 that I use
for scratch space (/tmp or whatever, anything that I don't care
about losing) while the machine is running.
That way if I end up by bad luck getting a slightly smaller
replacement drive then I can just do away with or shrink its RAID-0
component while keeping the other partitions the same, yet the space
is not *totally* wasted.
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Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-02-12 19:31 block level vs. file level it
2006-02-12 21:31 ` Andy Smith
2006-02-13 1:16 ` it
2006-02-20 16:53 ` Molle Bestefich
2006-02-26 5:11 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-03-03 14:07 ` Molle Bestefich
2006-02-19 0:38 ` Bill Davidsen
2006-02-13 8:48 ` PFC
2006-02-13 12:01 ` Andy Smith [this message]
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