you know, I want redundancy and space but I suppose that I just need to keep my stuff backed up well and I'll live without the extra space. On Sat, Jul 18, 2020 at 12:53 PM Brian Cluff via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > Yes, you'll be looking at doing a software raid. > > Just curious, what are you needing to get out of a RAID that makes you > want to do it? More space, more speed, or redundancy? > > You can get certain combinations of all 3 of those but it depends on > which raid you pick and what settings it has. > Of course RAID can also be a really good way to instantly destroy all > your data if you don't do it right. > > If you are just looking for some safely for your data, I would recommend > that you start with a RAID 1. You won't get any extra space out of it, > but it's a fairly bullet proof RAID option that allows for any of your > drives to be mounted individually, so its very difficult to loose your > data without all your drives dying at once. You also get a little bit > of a speed boost under certain circumstances. > > Brian Cluff > > On 7/18/20 7:58 AM, Michael via PLUG-discuss wrote: > > I think I want to start a raid array level 5. > > this is what my google search revealed to me: > > > > If you want to use hardware RAID device, use hot swappable hardware > > RAID device with spare disks. If any disk fails, data will be > > reconstructed on the first available spare disk without any downtime > > and since it is a hot swappable device, you can replace failed device > > while server is still running. > > > > Unfortunately, I am finding it difficult to find how to do a hardware > > array. Everything I'm finding has to do with software array with a > > paragraph about hw array so when I google hardware 'array linux' I get > > results and I get confused. Could someone point me to some concise > > instructions on doing this? I found one promising one on wiki > > (https://raid.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Hardware_Raid_Setup_using_MegaCli) > > but they wanted a raid controller to be installed on your system > > first.... > > Ohhhh .... I think I get it! the hardware raid requires The controller > > which is a pci card. So now I need a software array > > > > is that correct? > > Any concise instructions? > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss