[Tfug] RAID on LVM (was Re: FreeBSD vs. Linux)

Angus Scott-Fleming angussf at geoapps.com
Fri Nov 30 14:18:35 MST 2007


On 29 Nov 2007 at 22:54, John Gruenenfelder wrote:

> Other than kernel and initrd issues, I haven't had any problems with
> this setup.  That said, I did this for safety and haven't actually had
> to *test* that safety yet.  Despite the many years I have used
> computers, since I was a little kid, I have never had a single HD die
> on me.  Even ancient "hardcards" and MFM drives where you can hear the
> heads moving about.  So it's possible the recovery process may be no
> walk in the park.
> 
> ???  What was that noise?

I think it was a big raspberry.  I've had many HDDs die on me (mostly 
on my clients, but at least one died on me and one on my daughter).

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Angus Scott-Fleming
GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona
http://www.geoapps.com/
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