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From: Gil <gil@fooplanet.com>
To: Andrew Rechenberg Lists <flux-ml@sfg.com>
Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: raid 10 or 1+0 ?
Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 13:26:58 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <426D5292.4080007@fooplanet.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E3B0B2160F552B408D3655883F58C14490CC@cinshrexc02.shermfin.com>

Andrew Rechenberg Lists wrote:
> I've never seen nor tried a "/" file system on RAID10 or RAID0+1. 
> What I usually hear recommended is /boot and or / on RAID1 and then 
> if you need better performance for a database or other application, 
> then create a /data partition or something of the sort on a separate 
> RAID10 array that is on different disk spindles.

Having a RAID1 root partition is fantastic because even if you totally
flub your RAID setup elsewhere you can still boot the system without
being RAID aware.  This is a huge advantage over either RAID10 or
RAID0+1 in my mind.

--Gil

  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-25 20:26 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-04-25 20:05 raid 10 or 1+0 ? Andrew Rechenberg Lists
2005-04-25 20:26 ` Gil [this message]
2005-04-25 21:48 ` Guy
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-04-26 17:24 Andrew Rechenberg Lists
2005-04-26 18:53 ` Guy
2005-04-22 13:55 yves DEGLAIN
2005-04-23 11:26 ` Tobias DiPasquale
2005-04-23 16:21   ` Guy
2005-04-24 13:54     ` Andre Noll
2005-04-25 20:01     ` Molle Bestefich
2005-04-25 20:08       ` Molle Bestefich
2005-04-25 21:49         ` Guy

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