Re: [Hampshire] xenserver raid ???

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Author: Adrian Bridgett
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To: Hampshire LUG Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] xenserver raid ???
On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 08:38:33 +0000 (+0000), Andy Smith wrote:
> If this is the case then, as Alan says, I would use Linux software
> RAID on the two individual disks.


Whatever you do, I would avoid dmraid. I wasn't quite aware of the
limitations otherwise I'd never have used it. For my PC - bog-standard
ICH8 chipset, this includes being unable to rebuild the array except
in Windows, and the RAID array getting confused:
http://www.smop.co.uk/blog/index.php/2007/04/01/fakeraid-avoid/

Adrian
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