*>I would not recommend using that many drives in a single RAID array.* *>failure. Personally I wouldn't use more than 10 drives per RAID6, but*
* * *The idea of stringing the RAIDs together has it's merit. Would I just mdadm to create a separate /dev/mdX out of the various mdXs already created? I.e. suppose I put eight drives per array. Using a 32 disk rackmount case gives me a result of md0 - md3. Would I create an md4 that's a raid 0 of md0 - md3? Or would I perhaps be better off using logical volume manager (which I've never used before but can look up if needed).* * * *The thing I was trying to accomplish with the larger array was the large amount of disk space available. I.e. if I fill the enclosure with 32 4TB drives and make a single raid 6 I wind up with 120TB of available storage. On the other hand, if I was to make four equal array of 8 drives each in raid 6 then I loose not just 8TB total but 8TB per array, or 32TB total, leaving me with 96TB, which is still a good amount of storage, but also quite literally only 75% of the disk capacity. If anyone knows a good way to increase the disk capacity availability to raise it above 75% (preferably back up to the 90% range) I'm all ears.* * * *Thanks!* * * *--- Dan* * * *P.S. The stars are part of the security I have to go through. I believe it indicates to anyone looking that the content has been scanned and there is nothing to flag the message as needing further scrutiny. I did mention how tight security is here. They are NOT added by my client. However, my client doesn't send directly to gmail, unfortunately. I can't. I have to go through the corporate middleman, which is where the stars are getting added. I've sent a message to the sysadmin asking if he/they can stop using the stars or there is some way to avoid them appearing in my mails. We'll see what they say and if it happens.* /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
