[mythtv-users] RAID thread [was: Bad News for me...a warning to all]

[Debabrata Banerjee]

Raidreconf is _reeeeally_ slow. If you happen to lose power in that period
your data is gone. I didn't let mine finish when I did it, just restored
from backup, after hours it was a few percent. Think like 24 hours...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nathan Nottingham" <nate at nottingham-tech.com>
To: "'Discussion about mythtv'" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 7:44 PM
Subject: [mythtv-users] RAID thread [was: Bad News for me...a warning to
all]


> I ordered it shortly before I posted this.  :)  My current setup up is as
> follows:
>
> Pri Master = /dev/hda = 40GB as /
> Pri Slave  = /dev/hdb = 250GB part of /dev/md0
> Sec Master = /dev/hdc = 250GB part of /dev/md0
> Sec Slave  = /dev/hdd = 250GB part of /dev/md0
>
> When the PCI card gets here I plan on moving both the slave drives off the
> motherboard's IDE bus.  This should not cause any problems and as long as
> the kernel has drivers for the new IDE chipset I shouldn't need to do
> anything at all.
>
> However, I plan on adding 6 more 250GB drives in the near future.  Should
I
> just get them now instead?  Or can I expect good results with:
> http://unthought.net/raidreconf/  (more info:
> http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-10.html#ss10.1 )
>
> - Nate
>
>
> << snip >>
> >
> > Multiple driver per ATA bus will absolutely DESTROY
> > performance. ATA is absolute crap when it comes to multiple
> > devices per bus. Get a PCI ATA card for about $30, add it to
> > your setup, and performance should at LEAST double.
> >
> > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO-4.html
> >
>
>
>


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