[CentOS] A question about RAID and partitions

Tue May 22 13:59:16 UTC 2007
Scott Moseman <scmoseman at gmail.com>

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:
>
> [snip]
>
> I have 2 120GB SATA disks on which to install the OS. I want to
> create the following partitions:
>
> [snip]
>
> 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?
>