On Thu, Feb 02, 2006 at 10:15:52AM -0600, Don Shesnicky wrote: > Couple of quick questions on raidtools/mdadm if anyone cares to comment: > > 1. In the raid faq it states "However, if you find raidtools cumbersome > or limited, mdadm (multiple devices admin) is an extremely useful tool > for running RAID systems. It can be used as a replacement for the > raidtools, or as a supplement." I want to mirror the root drives of a > RHEL4 ES U2 system, what's the prefered method for stability - > raidtools, > mdadm or mdadm with raidtools. raidtools is obsolete, so mdadm. > 2. I take it from a previous posting I can mirror my two root drives, > installed the MBRs and be good to go to boot off either drive, that > the mirror is not at the bit level and does not include the MBR? The mirror is at the block device level, e.g. if your root fs is /dev/sda1 then that's what you mirror. So you could install an MBR on sda and sdb for example. > 3. Is RHEL4 ES Update2 generally stable or is there something that > could burn us here? I have had no issues whatsoever with LVM or mdadm in RHEL3 or 4. Apart from LVM snapshots, of course. -- http://strugglers.net/wiki/Xen_hosting -- A Xen VPS hosting hobby Encrypted mail welcome - keyid 0x604DE5DB
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