David Haller wrote:
Hello,
On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Dave Howorth wrote:
David Haller wrote:
Let's say I'd use LVM, what if e.g. /dev/sde shows defects (seen in the SMART data). Can LVM show me what dirs and files(!) I have on the PV(s) on that probably soon-failing drive?
Doesn't matter because in the sane world you're now running LVM over a RAID, right? So the RAID tells you it's replaced /dev/sde with the hot spare and the rebuild is in progress. End of story. :-P
Ok, now, how'd you contruct a raid over my discs? And note that so many having 2T size is purely coincidental, due to the fact that available and sanely prices sizes (compared to 2T) have stalled there for over a year! 18 months ago, I had about 2 of each of 500G, 750G, 1000G, 1500G, 2000G or so. Now, how do you make a sane (Linux Software-)RAID (Levels 5 or 6), over _those_ drives?
I would probably make a number of RAID1 arrays of equal-size disks, then use LVM for managing the space. If I needed RAID6, I would have to do with the smallest disk-size, but otherwise I don't see a problem. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (9.8°C) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org