Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
Bas van Schaik wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: > >> Lars Ellenberg wrote: >> >>> (...) >>> >> Ok, so just to understand this. Let's say I want to setup RAID + LVM + >> DRBD, with the option of growing the whole storage with minimal fuss, >> do you recommend the following? >> >> 4x 250GB HDD's setup as RAID 5 (1x spare), with LVM on top of that, >> and DRBD on top of the LVM? And then, I can just replace the 250GB >> HDD's one-by-one, and increase the LVM ? >> > I don't exactly what you mean with "I can just replace the 250GB HDD's > one-by-one", but I do know that setting up 4 of 5 hard drives in RAID5 > is everything but optimal. Why not use RAID6? It provides (5-2) * 250 = > 750 GB of usable storage and uses 2 * 250 = 500 GB for redundancy > purposes, which is exactly what you will achieve when using RAID5 over 4 > disks and one spare disk. The obvious advantage is that you can have two > failures with RAID6, where your RAID5 setup with the spare disk can only > cope with one failure at a time. > > -- Bas > _______________________________________________ > hehe, I meant replace the 1st drive, and let it resync with the RAID array, then the 2nd, and 3rd, and then the 4th drive :) The reason for only 4 HDD's is cause I have a 2U case with space for only 4HDD's :( And I pay for U for hosting, so 2U is half the price cheaper of 4U Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers CEO, SoftDux Office: 087 805-9573 Fax No: 086 609 6128 Cell: 082 554 7532 Web: http://www.SoftDux.com Forum: http://Forum.SoftDux.com Join SA WebHostingTalk today, on http://www.WebHostingTalk.co.za