On Apr 1, 2005 9:39 AM, PAUL WILLIAMSON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > Related to this, I just picked up a new mobo last night with a > 250gb sata drive. The mobo has hardware raid (promise) and > based on some of the posts to this list, this is not the > best raid controller. But, having said that, can I set > this up and then add other drives to the Raid array > and LVM later? I know having a 1 drive RAID > array does absolutely nothing, but having LVM > set up with only one drive allows me to add drives > to this without having to erase all the data on that > drive when I want to do LVM...I already did that > dance once... > > Is having a hardware RAID and LVM overkill?
Paul, i can't really answer your RAID question. i was considering RAID when i first started planning my MythBox, but from reading through this list it didn't sound like RAID really offered a benefit. in most cases you're not too terribly worried about redundant backup since you'll most likely delete a show after watching it. (in most cases ;) and performance isn't really an issue since ppl seem to prefer slower drives since they are typically quieter. maybe i'm mistaken, but i was under the impression that RAID was overkill. but hopefully if i'm wrong someone will pipe up and educate me. :) it definitely would be beneficial to create your LVM partitions up front when building a new system. not that it's difficult to retrofit a system, but it can take a while to 'do the data dance' of shifting large files back and forth. i would suggest setting up LVM even if you don't think you'll use it. that way it's there when you change your mind. :) and if you really don't use it it's not a big deal; so you spent an extra 15-30 minutes configuring your system when you built it... _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
