From: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Cc: Nicolas Sebrecht <nicolas.s-dev@laposte.net>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID help
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:14:38 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20131016201438.GB7388@vidovic> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131016181040.GA7388@vidovic>
On Wed, Oct 16, 2013 at 08:10:40PM +0200, Nicolas Sebrecht wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 10:42:18PM +0100, Mick wrote:
>
> > mdadm --create --auto=mdp --verbose /dev/md_d0 --level=mirror --raid-devices=2
> > /dev/sda /dev/sdb
> >
> > which is thereafter partitioned with fdisk. This is the one I have used in
> > the past.
> >
> > Which one is preferable, or what are the pros & cons of each?
>
> For a basic RAID1, the best is to keep it as simple as possible. So
> mirroring while disk looks better. It will also keep MBR/GPT synced.
s/while/the whole/
> I tend to make manual partitions that I mirror but this is because I
> usually require to do more complex setups (e.g. mixing mirror types), or
> because I need to have the setup more flexible.
--
Nicolas Sebrecht
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-10-16 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-10-15 7:34 [gentoo-user] RAID help Mick
2013-10-15 19:28 ` Paul Hartman
2013-10-15 21:42 ` Mick
2013-10-16 18:10 ` [gentoo-user] " Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-16 20:14 ` Nicolas Sebrecht [this message]
2013-10-17 5:33 ` Mick
2013-10-20 9:54 ` [gentoo-user] Re: [O/T] RAID help - now won't boot Mick
2013-10-20 12:57 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-10-20 13:13 ` Mick
2013-10-20 13:31 ` Michael Hampicke
2013-10-20 14:31 ` joost
2013-10-21 5:33 ` Mick
2013-10-21 5:59 ` J. Roeleveld
2013-10-21 8:24 ` Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-21 8:55 ` J. Roeleveld
2013-10-21 21:42 ` Mick
2013-10-22 7:10 ` Nicolas Sebrecht
2013-10-24 18:53 ` Mick
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