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@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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