[CentOS] Software Raids Questions (I have only ever used hardware?)

[aurfalien at gmail.com]

as a precaution, make a backup of your /etc/md.conf when all dun  
bulding the raid.

good luck.

i built a raid 6 using md as i had 40x1Tb drives to do.

i tried raid 5 with 3 or 4 hot spares but couldn't get it to work like  
i wanted.

i think its wise that for every 10 drives, do a hot spare for  
statistics sake.

On Sep 27, 2009, at 1:49 PM, James Bensley wrote:

> 2009/9/27  <aurfalien at gmail.com>:
>> you must format those drive to the desired fs after raiding them
>
> Those where my initial thoughts, damn it!  Hmm, going to have to bring
> a sand box server home from work, oh the hassle.
> Thanks for the confirmation though.
> ...
>> md (software raid mechanism or watever u wanna call it) allows u to
>> grow so if your raid is formatted with an fs that allows u to grow,
>> then u r good to go (lvm will allow u to grow).
>
> This was also my current belief, again thanks for confirming that.
>
> Regards
> James ;)
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