Re: Software RAID efficiency: Disks vs partitions

Gora Mohanty <gora-ZIIawUy8V/u1Z/[email protected]> Sat, 26 Apr 2014 20:32:43 +0530
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On 26 April 2014 16:58, Arun Khan <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 10:52 PM, Saurabh Jain <[email protected]> wrote:
> >  Of course, if you use whole
> > disk mdadm then the amount of pain that causes you is high. This could lead
> > to you setting the entire server on fire in frustration... which means
> > whole disk software raid is inherently less secure.
>
> Can you please elaborate on the "less secure" aspect.
[...]

I think that he was kidding: It is less secure because one's setting
the server on
fire makes it so.

Regards,
Gora