On Friday, June 17, 2011, Carlos Alberto Lopez Perez wrote: > On 06/17/2011 08:58 PM, lostnihilist wrote: > > I have just started using aufs. I'm running it on a fresh, minimal > > install of Debian stable. I'm mount 3 ext4 formatted drives as rw > > with the following line in my fstab: > > > > aufs /mnt/all aufs > > nodev,create=mfs:600,br:/mnt/.hidden/2Ka=rw:/mnt/.hidden/2Kb=rw:/mnt/. > > hidden /taft=rw 0 0 > > > > $ uname -a > > > > Linux rawls 2.6.32-5-amd64 #1 SMP Wed May 18 23:13:22 UTC 2011 x86_64 > > GNU/Linux > > Just curious... why are you doing this? I mean... why use aufs for this > instead of LVM or RAID0?
As far as I can tell, using LVM does not allow multiple underlying filesystems. So if one drive dies, you lose everything, i.e. there is correlated failure. Obviously the same thing is true for RAID0. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev
