Janek Kozicki wrote: > David Greaves said: (by the date of Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:09:57 +0100) > >>> They would automatically sync on boot-up of the computer. >> You'd need to create and --add the ramdisk... > > ok, I'll figure this out :) > > > >>> I'm asking because an ultra-fast READ and normal WRITE would be >>> useful for me... >> Also look at the --write-mostly and --write-behind options in mdadm. > > thanks, this is great news for me. For real use I will need to > repartition my hard drive - to create another partition for that. > > But just for testing - will it work if mdadm will use LVM partition, > which is already on top of mdadm raid ? yes, absolutely. md works with *any* block device. > Or maybe just use some huge file as a loopback device? > > Which testing method is better? Since you are intending not to use the device then they should be the same. I'd use an lvm partition though. David -- "Don't worry, you'll be fine; I saw it work in a cartoon once..." -- 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
