Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2001 09:51:37 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Guillaume <amyfoub@videotron.ca> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: raid1/raid5 & vinum Message-ID: <20010601095137.Q41422@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <007d01c0ea27$85234840$100110ac@guillaume>; from amyfoub@videotron.ca on Thu, May 31, 2001 at 07:15:02PM -0400 References: <002d01c0e9e9$ad907070$100110ac@guillaume> <20010601080428.M41422@wantadilla.lemis.com> <007d01c0ea27$85234840$100110ac@guillaume>
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On Thursday, 31 May 2001 at 19:15:02 -0400, Guillaume wrote: On Thursday, May 31, 2001 6:34 PM, Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > >> On Thursday, 31 May 2001 at 11:52:21 -0400, Guillaume wrote: >>> Is it possible to have a configuration like this with vinum? >>> >>> da0 = 4.5 G >>> da1 = 4 G >>> ad0 = 3 G >>> >>> da0s1a ----> / >>> da0s1b and da1s1b ----> swap >>> da0s1e, da1s1e and ad0s1e ----> raid5 (/usr) >>> da0s1f, da1s1f and ad0s1f ----> raid5 (/var) >>> da0s1g, da1s1g and ad0s1g ----> raid5 (/home) >>> da0s1h and da1s1h ----> raid1 (/backup) >> >> I'm afraid so. It's not a good idea. > > What is not a good idea? > > It's not a good idea to mix raid1 and raid5? or to have several > raid5 partitions? There are many things which are not a good idea. I wouldn't use RAID-5 for /var, for example. But the worst idea is to have more than one drive on a spindle. With three disks, you should have a maximum of three drives. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. If you don't, I may ignore the reply. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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