Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Davidsen
Michael Tokarev wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: [] RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's just a bit more efficient (less levels, more room for

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-29 Thread Bill Davidsen
Michael Tokarev wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: [] RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's just a bit more efficient (less levels, more room for

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 22:44, Michael Tokarev wrote: >>> Mdadm creates those nodes automa[tg]ically - man mdadm, search for --auto. >> >> Note that `mdadm -As` _is_ run on FC6 boot. > >See above -- man mdadm, search for --auto. -A = --assemble, -s = --scan. Oops, thank you. So mdadm -A -s

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 22:49, Michael Tokarev wrote: >Bill Davidsen wrote: >[] >> RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. > >It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - >does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's >just a bit more efficient (less

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Bill Davidsen wrote: [] > RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's just a bit more efficient (less levels, more room for optimisations), easy to use

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Jan 28 2007 12:05, Michael Tokarev wrote: [] >> Mdadm creates those nodes automa[tg]ically - man mdadm, search for --auto. > > Note that `mdadm -As` _is_ run on FC6 boot. See above -- man mdadm, search for --auto. -A = --assemble, -s = --scan. >> In order for an md

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Marc Perkel wrote: I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Created 2 raid 1 arrays in md0 and md1 and that works and survives a reboot. However - I created a raid 0 on /dev/md2 made up of /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 and it

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 12:05, Michael Tokarev wrote: >Jan Engelhardt wrote: >> >> That's interesting. I am using Aurora Corona, and all but md0 vanishes. >> (Reason for that is that udev does not create the nodes md1-md31 on >> boot, so mdadm cannot assemble the arrays.) > >This is nonsense. > >Mdadm

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Jan Engelhardt wrote: > On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: [] >> Sorry about that. I'm using Fedora Core 6. /dev/md0 >> and /dev/md1, buth of which are raid 1 arrays survive >> the reboot. But when I make a raid 0 out of those two >> raid arrays that's what is vanishing. > > That's

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: [] Sorry about that. I'm using Fedora Core 6. /dev/md0 and /dev/md1, buth of which are raid 1 arrays survive the reboot. But when I make a raid 0 out of those two raid arrays that's what is vanishing. That's interesting. I am

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 12:05, Michael Tokarev wrote: Jan Engelhardt wrote: That's interesting. I am using Aurora Corona, and all but md0 vanishes. (Reason for that is that udev does not create the nodes md1-md31 on boot, so mdadm cannot assemble the arrays.) This is nonsense. Mdadm creates those

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Bill Davidsen
Marc Perkel wrote: I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Created 2 raid 1 arrays in md0 and md1 and that works and survives a reboot. However - I created a raid 0 on /dev/md2 made up of /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 and it

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Jan Engelhardt wrote: On Jan 28 2007 12:05, Michael Tokarev wrote: [] Mdadm creates those nodes automa[tg]ically - man mdadm, search for --auto. Note that `mdadm -As` _is_ run on FC6 boot. See above -- man mdadm, search for --auto. -A = --assemble, -s = --scan. In order for an md array to

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Michael Tokarev
Bill Davidsen wrote: [] RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's just a bit more efficient (less levels, more room for optimisations), easy to use (you'll

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 22:49, Michael Tokarev wrote: Bill Davidsen wrote: [] RAID-10 is not the same as RAID 0+1. It is. Yes, there's separate module for raid10, but what it - basically - does is the same as raid0 module over two raid1 modules will do. It's just a bit more efficient (less levels,

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-28 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 28 2007 22:44, Michael Tokarev wrote: Mdadm creates those nodes automa[tg]ically - man mdadm, search for --auto. Note that `mdadm -As` _is_ run on FC6 boot. See above -- man mdadm, search for --auto. -A = --assemble, -s = --scan. Oops, thank you. So mdadm -A -s --auto=yes

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 27 2007 10:42, Marc Perkel wrote: >> > >> >I'm using Fedora Core 6. /dev/md0 and /dev/md1, buth of which are raid >> >1 arrays survive the reboot. But when I make a raid 0 out of those two >> >raid arrays that's what is vanishing. >> >> That's interesting. I am using Aurora Corona

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
Also - when running software raid 10 - what's a good chunck size these days? Running raid 10 with 4 500 GB SATA2 drives with 16mb buffers? Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
--- Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: > >--- Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> >I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I > >> set > >> >it up and it worked but after a reboot it > forgets > >> my > >> >raid setup. >

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: >--- Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I >> set >> >it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets >> my >> >raid setup. >> >> Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you >> use. >>

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
--- Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I > set > >it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets > my > >raid setup. > > Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you > use. > > BTW, is md1 also disappearing? > Sorry about

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
>I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set >it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my >raid setup. Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you use. BTW, is md1 also disappearing? -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Created 2 raid 1 arrays in md0 and md1 and that works and survives a reboot. However - I created a raid 0 on /dev/md2 made up of /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 and it worked but it

Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Created 2 raid 1 arrays in md0 and md1 and that works and survives a reboot. However - I created a raid 0 on /dev/md2 made up of /dev/md0 and /dev/md1 and it worked but it

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you use. BTW, is md1 also disappearing? -`J' -- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line unsubscribe linux-kernel

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
--- Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you use. BTW, is md1 also disappearing? Sorry about that. I'm using

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: --- Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Now, let's hear the name of the distribution you use. BTW, is md1 also

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
--- Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 27 2007 10:31, Marc Perkel wrote: --- Jan Engelhardt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm a little stumped trying to set up raid 10. I set it up and it worked but after a reboot it forgets my raid setup. Now, let's hear the name

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Marc Perkel
Also - when running software raid 10 - what's a good chunck size these days? Running raid 10 with 4 500 GB SATA2 drives with 16mb buffers? Now that's room service! Choose from over 150,000 hotels in 45,000

Re: Raid 10 question/problem [ot]

2007-01-27 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Jan 27 2007 10:42, Marc Perkel wrote: I'm using Fedora Core 6. /dev/md0 and /dev/md1, buth of which are raid 1 arrays survive the reboot. But when I make a raid 0 out of those two raid arrays that's what is vanishing. That's interesting. I am using Aurora Corona [FC6+RHide], and all