Re: Simplest and cheapest RAID
On Thursday 16 September 2010 08:14:53 T o n g wrote:
> Hi,
>
> How practical is to create a simplest and cheapest RAID, using 2
> partitions on the same disk, combining them as a RAID drive?
>
> By "practical" I meant,
>
> - I would assume less than 0.000001% people would do that so I can't find
> any documents.
>
> - Having 2 partitions might not give me much advantage in safety, so the
> pay off is pity comparing to the hoops that I need to jump through.
>
> As you can see, I'm still "scared" about this "complicated" RAID thing.
>
> Any comments or inputs?
One aspect of raid is for drive failure protection, not partition protection.
IMHO., the more spindles the better , even without using raid.
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Peace,
Greg
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