Re: raid1 or raid10 for /boot

["Keld Jørn Simonsen" <keld@dkuug.dk>]

On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 01:52:11PM -0500, Bill Davidsen wrote:
> Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote:
> >I understand that lilo and grub only can boot partitions that look like
> >a normal single-drive partition. And then I understand that a plain
> >raid10 has a layout which is equivalent to raid1. Can such a raid10
> >partition be used with grub or lilo for booting?
> >And would there be any advantages in this, for example better disk
> >utilization in the raid10 driver compared with raid?
> >  
> 
> I don't know about you, but my /boot goes with zero use between boots, 
> efficiency and performance improvements strike as a distinction without 
> a difference, while adding complexity without benefit is always a bad idea.
> 
> I suggest that you avoid having a "learning experience" and stick with 
> raid1.

I agree with you, it was only a theoretical question.

Best regards
keld
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