as a precaution, make a backup of your /etc/md.conf when all dun bulding the raid. good luck. i built a raid 6 using md as i had 40x1Tb drives to do. i tried raid 5 with 3 or 4 hot spares but couldn't get it to work like i wanted. i think its wise that for every 10 drives, do a hot spare for statistics sake. On Sep 27, 2009, at 1:49 PM, James Bensley wrote: > 2009/9/27 <aurfalien@xxxxxxxxx>: >> you must format those drive to the desired fs after raiding them > > Those where my initial thoughts, damn it! Hmm, going to have to bring > a sand box server home from work, oh the hassle. > Thanks for the confirmation though. > ... >> md (software raid mechanism or watever u wanna call it) allows u to >> grow so if your raid is formatted with an fs that allows u to grow, >> then u r good to go (lvm will allow u to grow). > > This was also my current belief, again thanks for confirming that. > > Regards > James ;) > -- > > Stephen Leacock - "I detest life-insurance agents: they always argue > that I shall some day die, which is not so." - > http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/s/stephen_leacock.html > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos