Re: 4 X 500 gb drives - best software raid config for a backup server?

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For controller, what is the interface on your drives??  SCSI, SAS??

John Plemons



dnk wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I am currently setting up a server that will house my backups (simply  
> using rsync).
>
> This system has 4 X 500 gb drives and I am looking to raid for max  
> drive space and data safety. Performance is not so much a concern.
>
> My experience with software raids in nil, so some of these may seem  
> like pretty dumb questions.
>
> I was thinking a raid 1 is probably sufficient.
>
> Would it be best to raid 1 two drives each and LVM them together?
>
> My next question would be about how to do this as I have never done a  
> linux software raid.
>
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