[NBLUG/talk] More questions about RAID

[Jack Smith]

On Jan 5, 2008 11:03 AM, Jack Smith <jack.delbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'll be using software RAID on Fedora 8, RAID 1
>
> I have two identical hard drives.  One is partitioned for root, boot, and
> home; with some left over, unused.  The other is still uninitialized.
>

Oops.  The partitions are boot and everything else.  The logical volumes are
root, swap and home.


>
> Are RAID arrays set up on a partition-by-partition basis?  Would I have
> three separate RAID devices, md0, md1, and md2?
>
> Do I partition the second disk before I start?
>

And do I set up logical volumes on it or are they automatic?


>
> Is mdadm somehow smart enough to mirror the sda data to sdb or is there a
> chance that I'll mirror the blank disk on to the first?
>
> Thanks,
> --
> Jack Smith
>
> English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other
> languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.




-- 
Jack Smith

English doesn't borrow from other languages -- English follows other
languages down dark alleys and takes what it wants.
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