Re: Rebuilding a Raid 1

"Ian Stakenvicius, Aerobiology Research" <[email protected]> Sat, 18 May 2013 09:04:05 -0400
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A small bit of terminology difference is being used, I think.  Traditionally=
:

hardware raid:  raid cards that handle all HDD io independently.

Bios raid / fake raid:  what dmraid is meant for (or mdraid, for isw)

software raid: pure software/kernel solution; using mdraid.

now, as for booting -- as far as I know the only way to boot a full raid0 sy=
stem is to use biosraid, since the bios cannot assemble the striped drives o=
f a mdraid-0 in order to load the bootloader or kernel.  yes this is probabl=
y a rare config (i would never run it) but if someone so chose, dmraid would=
 be the tool for this job.


On 2013-05-18, at 6:00 AM, Danny <[email protected]> wrote:

> You can boot from mdadm fake RAID and it is far superior in terms of featu=
res and support/maintenence and the performance is the same. So anyone with a=
 pure linux install would be better off in mdadm.
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> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Kristian Rasmussen <kristian.rasmussen@br=
oadpark.no> wrote:
>> On 17.05.2013 20:10, Danny wrote:
>> > The problem with dmraid is that the only people who use it are dual boo=
ting
>> > windows,
>> Or anybody who wants to boot from fakeRAID.
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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div><br>A small bit of terminology differe=
nce is being used, I think. &nbsp;Traditionally:</div><div><br></div><div>ha=
rdware raid: &nbsp;raid cards that handle all HDD io independently.</div><di=
v><br></div><div>Bios raid / fake raid: &nbsp;what dmraid is meant for (or m=
draid, for isw)</div><div><br></div><div>software raid: pure software/kernel=
 solution; using mdraid.</div><div><br></div><div>now, as for booting -- as f=
ar as I know the only way to boot a full raid0 system is to use biosraid, si=
nce the bios cannot assemble the striped drives of a mdraid-0 in order to lo=
ad the bootloader or kernel. &nbsp;yes this is probably a rare config (i wou=
ld never run it) but if someone so chose, dmraid would be the tool for this j=
ob.</div><div><br></div><div><br>On 2013-05-18, at 6:00 AM, Danny &lt;<a hre=
f=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br><br><=
/div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div>You can boot from m=
dadm fake RAID and it is far superior in terms of features and support/maint=
enence and the performance is the same. So anyone with a pure linux install w=
ould be better off in mdadm.<br>
</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On=
 Fri, May 17, 2013 at 8:54 PM, Kristian Rasmussen <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a h=
ref=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">kristian.ra=
[email protected]</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px=
 #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=3D"im">On 17.05.2013 20:10, Danny w=
rote:<br>
&gt; The problem with dmraid is that the only people who use it are dual boo=
ting<br>
&gt; windows,<br>
</div>Or anybody who wants to boot from fakeRAID.<br>
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