[H-GEN] Software raid under linux

[Michael Anthon]

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> 1) Do I need to assign whole disks to raid, or can I just use a partition
> as I have planned (/dev/hda vs /dev/hda2)?
> 2) Is it possible to recover my system from a filesystem stored on a raid
> device? (as when disk 1 fails)
> 3) Does what I'm proposing seem reasonable?

Have a read of the Software RAID mini howto, I think this pretty much
answers all your questions and provides a lot more infimation about the
different types of RAID (linear, mirror, stripe, stripe+parity...) and
what the benefits and drawbacks of each type are.

Cheers
Michael Anthon

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