[Gllug] disk problems

Sean Burlington sean at uncertainty.org.uk
Wed Mar 15 20:21:14 UTC 2006


Andy Smith wrote:
> Software RAID-5 is 3 hard disks.  Software RAID-1 is 2 disks and
> still gives you the same level of redundancy.
> 
> If double the disks costs vastly more than your data and time is
> worth then I agree with you however I think that is the case for
> very few people.
> 

...having looked at disk prices properly :-)

and there seem to be quite a few howtos out there

any gotchas I should be aware of?

- do I need to compile a kernel - or does one of the debian kernels fit
the bill?

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Sean
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