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July 17th, 2010, 10:34 PM
Hi all
I'm looking for some advice on configuring RAID, LVM and my physical volumes for a new 10.04 Server install (used mostly as a windows file server and print server). My hardware setup consists of 2 identical 500GB hard drives. My desired end state is:
An ext4 root partition (20 GB)
A swap partition (2GB)
A fat32 partition (450 GB) (to be accessed via Samba)
The above all to be on RAID1 across the 2 disks
The way I see it, the there are a number of possible ways to configure the above, and I am looking for some advice on the best (feasible) option:
Create a single MD0 raid volume accross the entire two disks, and then create a single LVG across this, with 3 sepreate LVs, on for each partition above
Create 2 physical volumes on each disk, create two raid volume on these (MD0, MD1), one for the LVG with two LVs for the Root and swap, a the other for the FAT32 partition (this seems like more work?)
Other more suitable options?
Any advice on these options (or others that may be more suitable) would be most welcome.
Cheers
I'm looking for some advice on configuring RAID, LVM and my physical volumes for a new 10.04 Server install (used mostly as a windows file server and print server). My hardware setup consists of 2 identical 500GB hard drives. My desired end state is:
An ext4 root partition (20 GB)
A swap partition (2GB)
A fat32 partition (450 GB) (to be accessed via Samba)
The above all to be on RAID1 across the 2 disks
The way I see it, the there are a number of possible ways to configure the above, and I am looking for some advice on the best (feasible) option:
Create a single MD0 raid volume accross the entire two disks, and then create a single LVG across this, with 3 sepreate LVs, on for each partition above
Create 2 physical volumes on each disk, create two raid volume on these (MD0, MD1), one for the LVG with two LVs for the Root and swap, a the other for the FAT32 partition (this seems like more work?)
Other more suitable options?
Any advice on these options (or others that may be more suitable) would be most welcome.
Cheers