Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-29 Thread pete wright
On Sun, 29 Aug 2004 12:45:44 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Subhro wrote: > > >On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:39:36 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > >>I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but > >>my budget doesn´t really allow me to

Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-29 Thread Thordur I.
Subhro wrote: On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:39:36 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but my budget doesn´t really allow me to buy 2x new disks ;). Well, I would say... postpond your RAID for a few weeks and gather the mo

Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-29 Thread Subhro
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 20:39:36 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but > my budget doesn´t really allow me to buy 2x new disks ;). Well, I would say... postpond your RAID for a few weeks and gather the money to buy the d

Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-28 Thread Thordur I.
First to thank for the replys. They have been very helpful. Second, s/gstripe/gmirror I was reading the gstripe man page just minutes before I wrote the email ;) I think I will go for a hardware raid controler (RAID5 sounds good, but my budget doesn´t really allow me to buy 2x new disks ;). Btw.

Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-27 Thread pete wright
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:40:22 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I´m currently trying to decide upon a sultion on how to go about keepin > my data safe. > > Now, a RAID1 setup sounds good in this position. But I can´t seem to > find an answer to one question. > > Let´s say that I have

Re: Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-27 Thread Subhro
On Fri, 27 Aug 2004 21:40:22 +, Thordur I. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I´m currently trying to decide upon a sultion on how to go about keepin > my data safe. RAID 5 is your best bet. RAID 1 Just ensures mirroring. While RAID 5 can actually rebuild volumes. > Let´s say that I have 2x 120Gb

Software or hardware RAID1. (gstripe)

2004-10-27 Thread Thordur I.
I´m currently trying to decide upon a sultion on how to go about keepin my data safe. Now, a RAID1 setup sounds good in this position. But I can´t seem to find an answer to one question. Let´s say that I have 2x 120Gb (ad1 and ad2) disk. I stripe them wich should give something like /dev/strip