[mythtv-users] Anyone using LVM2 w/ ext3 for video storage

[David]

Devan Lippman wrote:

>Hi Paul, 
>
>One problem, you can't make RAID volumes with just one disk, the
>minimum is two.
>
well, you can set up a raid with one device in anticipation of another 
device arriving later.
mdadm lets you use the special keyword 'missing' as a device id.

>  Also you can't add disks to Promise RAID array's
>Logical volumes later.
>
another good reason to avoid fakeraid

>  If all you have is one disk you're better off
>not using RAID anyways as it may slow down disk data rates.
>The rest sounds like a great idea, can't wait until I figure out what
>I did wrong with mine.
>  
>
Check out the link in my previous email and yell if you want help...

David