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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


  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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