[CentOS] Booting Software RAID

Mon Jan 27 15:50:38 UTC 2014
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com>

On Mon, Jan 27, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Matt <matt.mailinglists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
> Based on input from everyone here I am thinking of an alternate setup.
>  Single small inexpensive 64GB SSD used as /boot, / and swap.  Putting
> /vz on software RAID1 array on the two 4TB drives.  I can likely just
> zip tie the SSD in the 1u case somewhere since I have no more drive
> bays.  Does this seem like a better layout?

There's a whole different set of issues with drives over 2TB.  Not
even sure if everything said earlier is correct for them especially
regarding autodetect:
https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/RAID_superblock_formats

Booting from something smaller might have advantages.

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   Les Mikesell
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