>> >So what will mdadm do? What is my best option for using 2 drives to get >> > the most speed out of them as a combined drive? >> >> mdadm does a true RAID 0 >> > >Ok, let me ask the question again... > >I have 2, possibly 3, 320gig SATA drives. I want to build a RAID array that >will maximize the speed of read and writes to the array. I have no concern >with redundency because I will archive what I wish to keep to another drive. > >Using mdadm or lvm2, what type or RAID setup should I use? > mdadm RAID 0 with 3 drives, JFS (my favorite) or XFS file system. Some may disagree, but in such a simple setup, I don't see any reason to add lvm on top of this RAID array, but others may prefer it. Also note, I don't believe you can boot off of a md RAID 0 drive, so you'll need another driver (or network boot) for your boot partition.
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