use LVM, that way you can resize the volumns ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Chris Allen <chris@xxxxxxx> To: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:37:01 +0100 Subject: Multiple raids on one machine? > Back to my 12 terabyte fileserver, I have decided to split the storage > into four partitions > each of 3TB. This way I can choose between XFS and EXT3 later on. > > So now, my options are between the following: > > 1. Single 12TB /dev/md0, partitioned into four 3TB partitions. But how do > I do this? fdisk won't handle it. Can GNU Parted handle partitions this big? > > 2. Partition the raw disks into four partitions and make > /dev/md0,md1,md2,md3. > But am I heading for problems here? Is there going to be a big > performance hit > with four raid5 arrays on the same machine? Am I likely to have dataloss > problems > if my machine crashes? > > Thanks for listening... > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html ------- End of Original Message ------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
