On Thu, 5 Jan 2006, Francois Barre wrote:

> 2006/1/5, berk walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> [...]
> > >
> > >
> > Ext3 does have a fine record.  Might I also suggest an added expense of
> > 18 1/2% and do RAID6 for better protection against data loss?
> > b-
> >
>
> Well, I guess so. I just hope I'll be given enough money for it, since
> it increases the cost per GB. Anyway I guess that it is preferable
> than a raid5 + 1 spare.

If you've got a spare, you might as well use it (IMO!)

> By the way, not really a raid-oriented question, but what is the exact
> robustness of ext3 resizing ? I mean : what happens if the box crashes
> while resizing an ext3 ?
> This implies, of course, resizing capabilities for raid6, which is not
> implement yet. Is it ?

No personal experience. I build servers for a purpose and when time comes
to expand it, I build another!

Gordon
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