On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 22:30:04 Dave Howorth wrote:

I'm just planning how to set up my first md software RAID. There seems to be quite a learning curve about how to configure things and to anticipate the various admin actions that may be required (adding or removing drives, isolating failing drives etc).

The documentation I've found seems to be scattered and is mostly reference material or isolated specifics. I'm also concerned about how up-to-date material is. For instance, I haven't found any docs that describe growing a RAID5, which is being discussed in another thread.

So can anybody recommend any good introductory/tutorial material?

FWIW, I'm planning a 4-disk RAID 10. Two disks are from one manufacturer and two from another, so one of my concerns is to make sure that two disks from the same manufacturer don't end up mirroring each other, in case there is a batch quality problem.

Thanks, Dave

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