On Sat, 15 May 1999, Bill Anderson wrote:
> Chris Price wrote:
> >
> > Robert, why are you running raid on 1 disk???????
> >
> > What benefit do you expect to derive from running raid on a single
> > disk?
> >
> > Unless you have a special application, there is **NO** point to
> > creating a raid array from one disk.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> Actually, I can think of a few.
>
> o Learning
> Granted, no speed improvements, but you can learn about it.
> Knowledge like that comes in handy in Interviews ;-)
But you are learning in an environment not conducive to learning
-> ie: the system is not real-world, and in fact, may be far from a good
example of the real world.
>
> o Partitioning issues.
> It doesn't appear to be the case in this situation, but if you have a
> large disk,
> with multiple partitions (for some reason), you could use it to have a
> single
> directory. Granted there are other means, and I wouldn't reccomend
> doing it
> unless it was the more expedient method at the tim.
>
Please see my caveat above regarding 'special applications'.
> o Testing?
> This one kind of goes aling with learning. Perhaps you are considering,
> or
> testing it out to see if it works with new kernels, etc..
>
Again, testing in a environment not simulating real world.
I can get a chair, and an old record (steering wheel) and pretend
that I am driving a car. Sure, I can learn and 'test' things, but do they
in any way represent a real world scenario?
> Just off the top of my head ... :-)
Don;t take too much off there now...
