I tried linux's raid-0 implementation and it worked. It might as well be the
answer to ina's /var/mail problem. My test involved partitions /dev/hda10
and /dev/hda11, both sized at 200 mb.
in my /etc/raidtab:
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0
nr-raid-disks 2
persistent-superblock 1
chunk-size 4
device /dev/hda10
raid-disk 0
device /dev/hda11
raid-disk 1
# mkraid /dev/md0
# mkfs /dev/md0
# mount /dev/md0 /var/raid -t ext2
# df -k -> shows /dev/md0 = 400 mb (combined size of /dev/hda10 and
/dev/hda11)
The contents of /var/mail can then be moved to /var/raid and a softlink made
from /var/mail to /var/raid. Or perhaps, it's cleaner to mount /dev/md0 on
/var/mail. For better parallel performance, each of the combined partitions
should be in separate disks or controllers (but i have only one disk to
test).
Yours,
Mary Christie
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