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 BEE091381F3 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:29:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C7BDBE09B4; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pb0-f43.google.com (mail-pb0-f43.google.com [209.85.160.43]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ACA1FE08CA for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 19:29:07 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pb0-f43.google.com with SMTP id md4so9197754pbc.2 for ; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:29:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:content-type; bh=U3pjuOf7OFiksh2gH3U8ZlRpgIeWzFtDszcOZjofFVE=; b=qL0w4kbOqUDeij9nrWyWTvxO7eg+YpCwgJFkfg0OJKIRr7pAvaZdc/1auca2uQyntI AEZlenxffofxFxsoffvDm7Qys+OiLDOZQoeXxcKnEGCowWaXxDn4Q3A4/etF2+WcW8iv 1rbv6n8o+1FBco17Bdj/U2ZaF0K+J/cfSjtehy6AKEgGXea/mLEY1Nh0gOWbAH6hANRB KjFw9z9NgXxBzJ0auHzpvs47Vm0xXX1ldcRAetkFINA5UxwrBzotE2aag2i6gQElfhFJ BpTDWPUmwqg7y3P/a4jtT7Xajt8WIMlWlFc82WGSMMBTTerfUI99ynZ+iXTDg5PhjW01 xx/g== X-Received: by 10.68.189.193 with SMTP id gk1mr10088379pbc.134.1381865346573; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:29:06 -0700 (PDT) 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 Sender: paul.hartman@gmail.com Received: by 10.70.140.194 with HTTP; Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:28:46 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <201310150834.21103.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> References: <201310150834.21103.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> From: Paul Hartman Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:28:46 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: jgtFgiNZV6lcvfKYKzUiFnVm3EM Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] RAID help To: Gentoo User Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Archives-Salt: e0219935-d4d6-4313-b879-67bac636a5cf X-Archives-Hash: 6417cfbe7558f3d143af03f39d902423 On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 2:34 AM, Mick wrote: > Hi All, > > I haven't had to set up a software RAID for years and now. I want to set up > two RAID 1 arrays on a new file server to serve SBM to MSWindows clients. The > first RAID1 having two disks, where a multipartition OS installation will take > place. The second RAID1 having two disks for a single data partition. > > From what I recall I used mdadm with --auto=mdp, to create a RAID1 from 2 > disks, before I used fdisk to partition the new /dev/md0 as necessary. All > this is lost in the fog of time. Now I read that these days udev names the > devices/partitions, so I am not sure what the implication of this is and how > to proceed. > > What is current practice? Create multiple /dev/mdXs for the OS partitions I > would want and then stick a fs on each one, or create one /dev/md0 which > thereafter is formatted with multiple partitions? Grateful for any pointers > to resolve my confusion. One of the best resources is the kernel RAID wiki: https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/