From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6FD41381F3 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:33:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 05680E09EF; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:33:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f180.google.com (mail-wi0-f180.google.com [209.85.212.180]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D5ED4E0966 for ; Thu, 17 Oct 2013 05:33:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-wi0-f180.google.com with SMTP id ey11so1874962wid.7 for ; Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:33:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=V4ygPHr7CUfIc9QAfkDg89qzVmqa656l6hSFxDywVeY=; b=a348DzR/QYLdxcdWMysGlOfOx53LBGqiGs+24+FGfJAbhG6HDQIpG+ppRlpe/S3QD4 ZXp3svdyrw/YLjvJ9EPie/YTATihCm2EhQhldwGFvUXNBBEP85BTy8RblDMqW7kSgEz3 Cq80Z8u3daUFhT+O6mvLK141OW0DoG5EzS+BueCJATKqeQ7NbWM5z6StBGoH50QIPQoB nDKKVBFyuUTcbsahkhuqX7Qb1bGMmi1SICqN7eVTdE1Ki9V7OcJQ5uGhigaM/mdfx4wa mgMvMhDTqok9woBlG5qD++F/mO+e22nftKgYwRxE497iPnYEzaDol+xyV0Ja9L+e9+WK Uxew== X-Received: by 10.180.9.139 with SMTP id z11mr27393740wia.22.1381988022468; Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:33:42 -0700 (PDT) Received: from dell_xps.localnet (230.3.169.217.in-addr.arpa. [217.169.3.230]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id ma3sm12434156wic.1.1969.12.31.16.00.00 (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:33:41 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: RAID help Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 06:33:08 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.13.7 (Linux/3.10.7-gentoo-r1; KDE/4.10.5; x86_64; ; ) References: <201310150834.21103.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <20131016181040.GA7388@vidovic> <20131016201438.GB7388@vidovic> In-Reply-To: <20131016201438.GB7388@vidovic> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1909436.KY9iVxklLH"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <201310170633.37529.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: 6d36c224-8069-49ae-bc2b-1a8c3b757589 X-Archives-Hash: f5a57508320f4dec357a976b25c98c28 --nextPart1909436.KY9iVxklLH Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wednesday 16 Oct 2013 21:14:38 Nicolas Sebrecht wrote: > 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=3Dmdp --verbose /dev/md_d0 --level=3Dmirror > > > --raid-devices=3D2 /dev/sda /dev/sdb > > >=20 > > > which is thereafter partitioned with fdisk. This is the one I have > > > used in the past. > > >=20 > > > Which one is preferable, or what are the pros & cons of each? > >=20 > > 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. >=20 > s/while/the whole/ >=20 > > 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. Thank you both, I will go with mirroring the whole disk, before I partition= =20 the array. =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1909436.KY9iVxklLH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAABAgAGBQJSX3axAAoJELAdA+zwE4Ye2R0H/38kq5IHRs11ve0TCdaz31cr +lykT8UWGlNH478s7oPwbnfQeSpI07ClFViWByNo5MNh6brbGUmt+ZHraHZBaeRu mgMWrbQ3gcM4bV6787/ZYd0GngUfXKbECbKfFKMGv3Q1lCql+1/t7CBcPVZ5LWOu H+zyncyFpVWiQmdWsIH2+LWAc7xLtjusdmoR5fq53XySjIS7UTNQ2CEJR4Gqr+l4 3bKbhliF1fBbIlk41uF1vFxL4o2yjkfqe1c3fdnoP3aekb0VTcnkTW8Sgsuxgt39 QSP3Q8tV8ObqnAHRqHyCzu44Xy5kIvOOsiTU+1+hGz06D6GkQDJbidRfdvKkdOM= =bm8a -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1909436.KY9iVxklLH--