Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:28:27 -0500 From: Paul Kraus <paul@kraus-haus.org> To: FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Software raid VS hardware raid Message-ID: <C1AEA56C-5D29-4243-A029-47B4A721F91E@kraus-haus.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301300815300.38610@wonkity.com> References: <5106E301.4070707@itlegion.ru> <ke7v7a$r0d$1@ger.gmane.org> <5107A500.4030902@itlegion.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301290749460.27370@wonkity.com> <5107FC3C.4030701@itlegion.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301291353570.30931@wonkity.com> <51090721.2010606@itlegion.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301300635130.37822@wonkity.com> <51092ECA.6070808@itlegion.ru> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1301300815300.38610@wonkity.com>
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On Jan 30, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Warren Block wrote: > If you want to use the same drive for booting, it's possible. Create = all three partitions on both drives manually. Then mirror the = freebsd-ufs partition only. The contents of the freebsd-boot partition = don't change often, and swap does not have to be mirrored. Note that if you do NOT mirror SWAP, then in the event of a disk = failure you will most likely crash when the system tries to swap in some = data from the failed drive. If you mirror swap then you do not risk a = crash due to missing swap data. -- Paul Kraus Deputy Technical Director, LoneStarCon 3 Sound Coordinator, Schenectady Light Opera Company
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