[mythtv-users] question about RAID

[Michael Haan]

On 1/8/06, Joe Votour <joevph at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> --- Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > On Sunday 08 January 2006 14:30, Michael Haan wrote:
> > > On 1/8/06, Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On Sunday 08 January 2006 13:20, Joe Votour
> > wrote:
> > > > > --- Steve Adeff <adeffs at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > Thanks for the help!
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> > > > > > Steve
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> <snip>
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> > > >
> > > > I have nvRaid, so I guess I'm better off using
> > the linux "md" raid.
> > > > So are these SATA ports useless to me? could I
> > still use them and just
> > > > use "md" for the actual RAID stuff?
> > > >
> > >
> > > Yes, that's exactly what I do.  4 SATA 250's in a
> > RAID 5 config using
> > > mdadm.
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> > So you use the raid controller but use mdadm to
> > handle the RAID array?
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> > thanks,
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> What you do is use the ports in non-RAID mode (i.e.
> make them all regular SATA ports) and use mdadm to
> create and manage the RAID array.
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> -- Joe
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Exactly.  Give them a raid filesystem, then create the array using mdadm,
then put whatever filesystem on it that you want - I use reiserfs.  Below is
my mdadm.conf:

DEVICE /dev/sda* /dev/sdb* /dev/sdc* /dev/sdd*
ARRAY /dev/md0 level=raid5 num-devices=4 auto=yes
UUID=9b1c10ee:174c369e:815e8d0
7:1e7570a3
   devices=/dev/sda,/dev/sdb,/dev/sdc,/dev/sdd
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