[CentOS] 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

[Scott Silva]

on 2-17-2009 1:52 PM dnk spake the following:
> Hi there,
> 
> I am currently setting up a server that will house my backups (simply  
> using rsync).
> 
> This system has 4 X 500 gb drives and I am looking to raid for max  
> drive space and data safety. Performance is not so much a concern.

Max size would be raid 5, max safety would be raid 10 or lvm over raid 1's
> 
> My experience with software raids in nil, so some of these may seem  
> like pretty dumb questions.
> 
> I was thinking a raid 1 is probably sufficient.
> 
> Would it be best to raid 1 two drives each and LVM them together?
> 
> My next question would be about how to do this as I have never done a  
> linux software raid.
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html

http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/05/RAID.html


> 
> D


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