[nzlug] General software RAID1 query

[Roland Hill]

Warren Boyd wrote:

>> It's bugged me every since, but would I get better read/write
>> performance if the HDD's were on separate IDE channels?
>>
>
> You should definitely get better performance - iirc the channels
> "share" bandwidth between the devices on it.

I should have gone with my gut, or better still read this first!

http://unthought.net/Software-RAID.HOWTO/Software-RAID.HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1

>  From how I remember it has changed, the MD tools have the ability to
> auto-detect magically the details of the raid set(s) and configure
> them appropriately - so you may not even have to alter config files
> for this to happen.
>
> I would certainly google for more detail on RAID1 / MD tools before
> attempting.  (unless your a masochist and desire a little bit of a
> challenge.  Although backup first.)

It looks like it can - might wait to see if I get any other replies (and
google a bitmore). Whilst I don't really want to 'start-over' it's not a
big deal if that's where I end up :-).

Thanks for your help.

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Roland