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From: David Greaves <david@dgreaves.com>
To: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Robin Bowes <robin-lists@robinbowes.com>
Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: mdadm 1.6.0 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux
Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2004 16:22:38 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <40C093BE.2030103@dgreaves.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <27831.194.60.85.4.1086361244.squirrel@194.60.85.4>

Robin Bowes wrote:

>Anyway, back to the subject in hand...
>
>I have a linux box into which I shall be installed 6 x 250GB SATA drives on a couple of
>Promise controllers (3 per controller). I guess these will be named
>/dev/sd{a,b,c,d,e,f}.
>  
>
<grin>
I just installed a single controller (TX4) and 3 250Gb drives...
the 4th, as I type, is with a courier, lost somewhere in Berkshire...

>I then intend to create a couple of mirrored partitions, one to boot from and one for
>swap, plus a large RAID5 array with several partitions for /usr,/home, /data, etc.
>
>So, would I do something like:
>  
>
<snip>
yes.

But any reason not to use lvm2? (anyone?)

If you fancy a cut'n'paste of my commands and output, look here: 
http://www.mythtv.info/moin.cgi/AdministrationSoftware_2fLvmRaid

Also talks you through setting up lvm2 on your new raid 5 array.
Later, when you run out of space (!) you can add another array and or 
shuffle partitions about using lvm.

David

  reply	other threads:[~2004-06-04 15:22 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2004-06-04  6:29 ANNOUNCE: mdadm 1.6.0 - A tool for managing Soft RAID under Linux Neil Brown
2004-06-04 10:12 ` Robin Bowes
2004-06-04 12:13   ` Neil Brown
2004-06-04 13:31     ` me
2004-06-04 14:21       ` Guy
2004-06-05  2:51         ` me
2004-06-05  6:08           ` Neil Brown
2004-06-06 22:50             ` me
2004-06-05  6:36           ` David Greaves
2004-06-06 22:52             ` me
2004-06-04 15:00     ` Robin Bowes
2004-06-04 15:22       ` David Greaves [this message]
2004-06-04 15:27         ` Robin Bowes
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-06-04 10:12 Robin Bowes
2004-06-06 16:30 ` Andreas Haumer
2004-06-06 21:46   ` Neil Brown
2004-06-07  7:50   ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2004-06-07 15:54     ` Joe Pruett
2004-06-08 14:11       ` Mario 'BitKoenig' Holbe
2004-06-09  7:01   ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2004-06-06 22:58 Norman Schmidt

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