On 2011/09/14 09:13 (GMT+0800) George OLson composed:
I am about to set up RAID-1 on my system, and I am looking for some experienced opinions.
My original drive is a 500GB, partitioned like so:
/dev/sda1 2048 4208639 2103296 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/sda2 * 4208640 46153727 20972544 83 Linux /dev/sda3 46153728 976773119 465309696 83 Linux
I have recently purchased a 1TB drive to use as the mirror image, with the intent that the 2nd 500GB on this drive will be used for other purposes, like maybe testing a new installation when it comes out, or just having extra data that I don't need on the mirror image partition. I have installed the 1TB drive and hooked it up. It is not yet partitioned.
I know that some of you probably prefer software RAID, and I see that Yast has a partitioner and the means to setup linux software RAID.
If you are a software RAID advocate, what would be the advantages to me of using software RAID over BIOS RAID?
I have two RAID1 systems. I couldn't see any advantage to using BIOS fake RAID over software RAID, and don't believe what I wanted to do would even be possible that way. http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/big31L03.txt shows partitioning as built. http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/big31L06a.txt shows after doubling the size of the smaller original #1 HD, but before I completely finished reconfiguring to make use of the available space increase. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org