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Maybe I am missing something here? On Thu, March 2, 2006 11:54, Marton Gabor wrote: > Hi! > > Another mail said that the kernel cannot be placed to a RAID5 array, > only to a RAID1 array, so who's right? Or did I got something wrong? > > Marton Gabor > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<ICQ UIN: 169394884>,<T: +36 30 447-2042> > VE-MIK > VeHoK informatikai megbizott > informatika-l adminisztrator > informatika-lev adminisztrator > bsc-info adminisztrator > gazdinfo adminisztrator > > > > xyon wrote: > >>(4 X 250GB ) - (1 X 250GB) = 750GB without hotspare. Although having a >>hot-spare may be worth it. >> >>You should be able to RAID-5 /boot and all other partitions (minus swap, >>of course). As long as the RAID modules are built into the kernel and you >>have a functional raid config, you should be good. >> >>On Thu, March 2, 2006 11:19, Marton Gabor wrote: >> >> >>>Hi! >>> >>>Thank you all for the fast replies, you helped me a lot. Unfortunately >>>we cannot afford a HW RAID card, so I have to make it with software >>> RAID. >>>Now I have the idea to use RAID5 and if I get the picure rigth I need >>>let's say a ~100MB /boot in RAID1, 512MB swap not in RAID on every disk, >>>and I can build a RAID5 from the rest of the storage space, and will be >>>able to use 750GB-(/boot*4)-(swap*4) and the 4th HD will store the >>>so-called parity information. >>> >>>Marton Gabor >>><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<ICQ UIN: 169394884>,<T: +36 30 447-2042> >>>VE-MIK >>>VeHoK informatikai megbizott >>>informatika-l adminisztrator >>>informatika-lev adminisztrator >>>bsc-info adminisztrator >>>gazdinfo adminisztrator >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>[email protected] mailing list >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > -- > [email protected] mailing list > > -- Steven McCoy Site Development/Manager IndigoRobot Services http://www.indigorobot.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [email protected] mailing list
