I code, therefore I am --- On Fri, 5/2/08, David Lethe <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: [snipped] > I was being too literal. md is a good solution (I use it > myself). However, the OP wanted to "Make sure that if > one disk dies, the data is still in tact". I was also concerned about performance. It seems that if the RAIDs will be used heavily and independent of each other, and performance is a concern, then dedicated disks (and possibly dedicated controllers) are the better option. ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ -- 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