Then, let me ask about a raid1 devised mainly for the system than the data (once a calculation is finished, all files are sent to a desktop; no data remain in my home. This also because I need fast HDDs, while space on WD Raptor is very limited: 150GB each HDD). With so many applications that require a long compilation, a fault in the system is a terrible waste of time. It occurred to me, at the time I had raid1 with two cheap HDDs. that one HHD suffered mechanical failure. Replaced, the system on raid1 was automatically restored.
Which one of the kindly offered recipes for raid1 is the most suited to the above case? (that, I guess, is quite common - if not the norm - in computational chemistry, biology, etc). Thanks francesco On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 4:01 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:07:36AM -0500, C M Reinehr wrote: >> Francesco, >> >> On Wed 29 October 2008 06:16, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 11:40 AM, Alex Samad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:24:55AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> > >> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 7:06 AM, Douglas A. Tutty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > >> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 05:44:31AM +0100, Francesco Pietra wrote: >> > > > > [snip] > >> >> PS I agree with Alex regarding LVM2. I have only two partitions defined >> on my >> hard drives, one each for two md arrays. The first md device is for my boot >> partition. The second for everything else. The everything else, then, is >> managed by LVM2 with logical volumes for each seperate file system. LVM2 is a >> little intimidating but once up & running is much easier to manage. > > I usually go with 3 > > 1 - 500M /boot > 2 - 20G for / > 3 - the rest for lvm. > > I like keeping the / fs on something simple especially if I have to > rescue it > > >> >> -- >> Debian 'Etch' - Registered Linux User #241964 >> -------- >> "More laws, less justice." -- Marcus Tullius Ciceroca, 42 BC >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > > -- > "I need to be able to move the right people to the right place at the right > time to protect you, and I'm not going to accept a lousy bill out of the > United Nations Senate." > > - George W. Bush > 10/31/2002 > South Bend, IN > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) > > iEYEARECAAYFAkkJI6IACgkQkZz88chpJ2MI7gCg0lbsxErdXiAigCJX5IExjEQe > A4QAnjCjRrIskHRn/YW8nynxFnXBBa2Y > =V9OO > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
