[Gllug] Restore RAID0 /var

John Winters john at sinodun.org.uk
Wed Aug 26 13:26:19 UTC 2009


gvim wrote:
> I have a Fedora 11 server with the following configuration:
> 
> /dev/sdc
> ----------
> /boot
> LVM: swap + /
> 
> /dev/md0 = /dev/sda + /dev/sdb RAID0
> --------------------------------------------------
> /var
> 
> I am wondering if it will be possible to restore /var independently if either of the 2 RAID0 disks fails?

Yes - just buy yourself another hard disk (or pair of hard disks) and
restore /var from your most recent backup.  You do take backups don't you?

That sort of configuration makes me wince.  *Why* exactly is /var spread
over two RAID0 volumes?

John
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