on 2-17-2009 1:52 PM dnk spake the following: > 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. Max size would be raid 5, max safety would be raid 10 or lvm over raid 1's > > 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. http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html http://www.linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2002/12/05/RAID.html > > D -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!!
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