> -----Original Message----- > From: Wesley Wannemacher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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
