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Re: Upgrading mdadm-based RAID arrays



On Fri, 15 May 2009, Alex Samad wrote:
> I wouldn't make up raid devices with other raid device (I think its
> possible), but I seem to remember thats its not advisable.

You're correct.  Don't stack md devices if you want to be on the safe side.
Nobody tests that regularly, and it has caused problems in the past.

> I would suggest though, when you get to around 5 or 6 drives you look at
> raid6 instead.

Indeed, especially with such big drives.

-- 
  "One disk to rule them all, One disk to find them. One disk to bring
  them all and in the darkness grind them. In the Land of Redmond
  where the shadows lie." -- The Silicon Valley Tarot
  Henrique Holschuh


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