[CentOS] A question about RAID and partitions

[Scott Moseman]

How do you create several RAID devices if you only have 2 drives?
Is there a way to create virtual RAID sets?  That sounds too scary.

Thanks,
Scott



On 5/22/07, Miguel Medalha <miguelmedalha at sapo.pt> wrote:
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> [snip]
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> I have 2 120GB SATA disks on which to install the OS. I want to
> create the following partitions:
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> [snip]
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> Two options are now present to me:
>
> - Create a single RAID 1 device with both entire disks and then
> partition on top
> - Create several RAID devices, one for each partition (md0, md1,
> md2 and so forth)
>
> Which one would be better from the points of view of performance,
> security and data recoverability?
>