RE: Sharing disks amoung multiple software RAIDs

From: Alex Davis
Date: Fri May 02 2008 - 20:44:37 EST




I code, therefore I am


--- On Fri, 5/2/08, David Lethe <david@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
[snipped]
> I was being too literal. md is a good solution (I use it
> myself). However, the OP wanted to "Make sure that if
> one disk dies, the data is still in tact".
I was also concerned about performance. It seems that if the RAIDs will
be used heavily and independent of each other, and performance is a
concern, then dedicated disks (and possibly dedicated controllers)
are the better option.


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