[WBEL-users] Raid 1 Software raid

Conor Wynne weeboy@conorwynne.com
Fri, 19 Nov 2004 16:28:15 -0000 (GMT)


> so if i read this correctly..software raid in linux is restricted
> to mirroring ont he same drive?  That defeats the purpose of
> having Raid then..that is not Raid that is imply mirroring on the
> same drive.  Correct me if i am wrong.  Raid from what i know is
> supposed to be across multiple disks..how do you make a ture
> software Raid span across multiple disks(as per Raid 1 and Raid 5)?

You read it wrong - mind you, I have not read it either.
But I have RAID1's for _this_ server, and a RAID5 for my data on an
external storage box.

Each RAID1 has two members, the RAID5 has three at the moment.

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Conor Wynne,
Dublin,
Irlande.