RE: off topic - scsi partitions & swap & raid
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Wesley Wannemacher [mailto:wawannem@nc.edu]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 20, 2000 11:07 PM
> To: William Jensen; debian-user@lists.debian.org
> Subject: RE: off topic - scsi partitions & swap & raid
>
>
> Let me get this straight...
> Are you going to RAID two partitions on the same physical drive?
> Seems kinda absurd, RAID accomplishes one (or more) of two things:
> Fault-tolerance from hardware failure.
> Improve read/write performance, by spanning multiple physical disks.
>
> By mirroring, striping, etc. two partitions on the same physical
> disk you are wasting your time. Unless it is purely for practice.
He might even damage his drive. It'd mean constant seeking, after all.
Christian
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