[mythtv-users] Using media stored on multiple drives withoutLVM?

[Ed Gatzke]

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> > Raid and LVM scare me due to added complexity.  I have heard horror
> > stories about a dead raid controller losing everything.  A dead HD is only
> > 500 or 750 GB these days...
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> I agree, which is why, in most situations, I advocate using software
> RAID.  It guarantees that you can use that RAID on any device which supports
> Linux.
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But rsync (or cp) is so much simpler for mostly static stuff (and idiot
users like me).  Software RAID should be safer, but it still adds complexity
to the system.

Just saw a presentation from IBM on SANs.  They can do some amazing stuff...
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