From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andy Smith Subject: Re: block level vs. file level Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:01:55 +0000 Message-ID: <20060213120155.GZ32687@strugglers.net> References: <43EF8CFB.5080403@kfa.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="pz1T4b43L2Pv13IG" Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids --pz1T4b43L2Pv13IG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 09:48:49AM +0100, PFC wrote: > I suggest, when using software raid, to create partitions that are,=20 > say, 100 megabytes or even a gigabyte smaller than the size of the driv= e.=20 > You lose a bit of space, but if you ever need to change one, you won't= =20 > feel stupid with a brand new drive that you can't use because it's a few= =20 > 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. --=20 http://strugglers.net/wiki/Xen_hosting -- A Xen VPS hosting hobby Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB --pz1T4b43L2Pv13IG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: Digital signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFD8HUzIJm2TL8VSQsRAlNhAJ43E1JQP8ojnmfUPThN7ruregKILACeK+d6 bHxpV3k2bKKOVOE7031jVyU= =4lK/ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --pz1T4b43L2Pv13IG--