From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: berk walker Subject: Re: Fwd: Linux MD raid5 and reiser4... Any experience ? Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 06:59:18 -0500 Message-ID: <43BD0A16.7070700@panix.com> References: <87oe2r2d93.fsf@rimspace.net> <43BD026C.4050705@panix.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: Francois Barre Cc: linux-raid@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids Francois Barre wrote: >2006/1/5, berk walker : >[...] > > >>> >>> >>Ext3 does have a fine record. Might I also suggest an added expense of >>18 1/2% and do RAID6 for better protection against data loss? >>b- >> >> >> > >Well, I guess so. I just hope I'll be given enough money for it, since >it increases the cost per GB. Anyway I guess that it is preferable >than a raid5 + 1 spare. >By the way, not really a raid-oriented question, but what is the exact >robustness of ext3 resizing ? I mean : what happens if the box crashes >while resizing an ext3 ? >This implies, of course, resizing capabilities for raid6, which is not >implement yet. Is it ? >- > > I can not speak to that, sorry. b-