Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread John Nielsen
On Thursday 23 November 2006 16:00, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > On 11/23/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Is it possible to create a (degraded) graid3 array > > Maybe you'll be able to create graid3 with md0 as > the third member (based on sparse file for example) > and later emulate

Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread John Nielsen
On Thursday 23 November 2006 17:10, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > is the loss of your data worth less than the cost of an extra hd? if > > so, buy another hd. if not, make a clean install? > > should read: > is the cost of an extra hd less than the value of your data/install? if > so, buy anothe

Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread usleepless
is the loss of your data worth less than the cost of an extra hd? if so, buy another hd. if not, make a clean install? should read: is the cost of an extra hd less than the value of your data/install? if so, buy another hd. if not, make a clean install? regards, usleep __

Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread usleepless
John, On 11/23/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to create a (degraded) graid3 array with only two (or one less than the planned total) providers? I'm asking since I would like to move from my current one-disk setup to a three-disk raid3 array, but I'd like the disk curr

Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread Andrew Pantyukhin
On 11/23/06, John Nielsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Is it possible to create a (degraded) graid3 array Maybe you'll be able to create graid3 with md0 as the third member (based on sparse file for example) and later emulate a failure (md0 disappears) and insert your hard drive.

creating a "broken" graid3 array?

2006-11-23 Thread John Nielsen
Is it possible to create a (degraded) graid3 array with only two (or one less than the planned total) providers? I'm asking since I would like to move from my current one-disk setup to a three-disk raid3 array, but I'd like the disk currently in use to be a member of the array and I don't have