Date: Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:06:37 +0100 From: usleepless@gmail.com To: "John Nielsen" <lists@jnielsen.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: creating a "broken" graid3 array? Message-ID: <c39ec84c0611231406q503e6480xf7f2690622134283@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200611231525.58206.lists@jnielsen.net> References: <200611231525.58206.lists@jnielsen.net>
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John, On 11/23/06, John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> wrote: > Is it possible to create a (degraded) graid3 array with only two (or one > less than the planned total) providers? I'm asking since I would like to > move from my current one-disk setup to a three-disk raid3 array, but I'd > like the disk currently in use to be a member of the array and I don't have > anywhere to conveniently back up the data already there. I'd like to create > a degraded graid3 array with the two new components, copy the data from the > current disk to the array, and then add the current disk in to the array. > > If that's not a possibility, can anyone suggest a way to get the same end > result? while i know close to nothing about raid, here is what i think: 1. you have no backup ( otherwise you could pull it off ) 2. you are trying to achieve your goal through a tricky method ( me thinks anyways :-) is the loss of your data worth less than the cost of an extra hd? if so, buy another hd. if not, make a clean install? and assuming a 3 hd raid setup, would it not be wise to have a spare hd anyway? what's the point? regards, usleep
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