> > On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 01:39:16AM -0700, Charles Nierva wrote: > > 1. Can I implement RAID-1 in this specifications? I > > mean, can i mirror the whole system to the second > > SCSI > > HDD so that if ever the 36 GB SCSI HDD breaks down, > > the second SCSI HDD will be used as my system? > > > > Yes, but you won't be able to use any of the extra space in the 72 gig > drive. You'll waste more than half the space on that drive. You have > to have exact sizes if you want to do RAID 1, or better RAID 0+1.
if its software raid, well he can do it per-partition, so there'll be around 36 gigs left on the other disk. good for swap, /tmp and other paritions he'd be willing to lose in case of a crash. jondz -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
