} -----Original Message----- } From: linux-raid-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:linux-raid- } owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of berk walker } Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 4:09 PM } To: Justin Piszcz } Cc: Sandra L. McGrew; linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx } Subject: Re: 2 Hard Drives & RAID } } Justin Piszcz wrote: } } > } > } > On Wed, 6 Sep 2006, Sandra L. McGrew wrote: } > } >> I have two hard drives installed in this DELL GX110 Optiplex computer. } I } >> believe that they are configured in RAID5, but am not certain. Is } >> there a } >> graphical method of determining how many drives are being used and } >> how they } >> are configured??? } >> I'm using Debian, 'Sarge'... } >> } >> The computer is incrediby fast... I'm thinking that could be because } >> it's a } >> DELL or because the drives are mirrored... } >> I would apppreciate any help that you can give me... } >> Most sincerley, } >> Dan } (nurse1@longviewcomm[removethis].net) } >> } >> - } >> 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 } >> } > } > RAID5 requires 3 drives or more. } > } > To check your disks type: fdisk -l as root. } > } > Justin. } > } > } Actually, RAID5 requires 2 drives, but that does defeat most of the } reason for RAID5 in the 1st place. RAID5 only requires 1 drive, if one is missing! :) } } I think that "cat /proc/mdstat" is a fast way to see if the box sees the } drives as RAID. If you have mdadm installed, it has a wealth of querys } - assuming that you do have some RAID items - and they may be whole } disks or partitions. } } b- } } } - } 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 - 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
