Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Siim Vahtre wrote: >> And, just to be clear, all of my other devices (including the drbd >> data devices) are RAIDed, so you're a bit off the mark by accusing me >> (even implicitly) of saying "I use DRBD, there is no need for RAID >> underneath." > > Umm... I'm probably missing something but what's the point of RAID then? > > If one of the disks crashes (the one where DRBD metadata is on), DRBD > metadata is gone and you can no longer use the DRBD disk, even though > the "data" part is using RAID and might be safe. > > So what's the point of RAID if your data will be inaccessible anyway? > > _______________________________________________ > drbd-user mailing list > drbd-user at lists.linbit.com > http://lists.linbit.com/mailman/listinfo/drbd-user I'm not arguing the use of RAID on the meta-disk. I was asking a question and got an answer from Lars - I agree, after hearing his point, that RAID1 will be beneficial. I'm not sure why we're still discussing it? -- Ryan Steele Systems Administrator steele at agora-net.com AgoraNet, Inc. (302) 224-2475 314 E. Main Street, Suite 1 (302) 224-2552 (fax) Newark, DE 19711 http://www.agora-net.com