On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 6:27 PM, Neil Bothwick <n...@digimed.co.uk> wrote: > On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:34:01 -0600, Paul Hartman wrote: > >> Thanks for the info everyone, but do you understand the agony I am now >> suffering at the fact that all disk in my system (including all parts >> of my RAID5) are starting on sector 63 and I don't have sufficient >> free space (or free time) to repartition them? :) > > With the RAID, you could fail one disk, repartition, re-add it, rinse and > repeat. But that doesn't take care of the time issue.
I will admit that if a drive fails I will have to google for the instructions to proceed from there. When I first set it up, I read the info, but since I never had to use it I've completely forgotten the specifics. And in hindsight I should have labeled the disks so I know more easily which one failed (when one fails). Next time, I'll do it right. :) >> I am really curious >> if there are any gains to be made on my own system... > > Me too, so post back after you've done it ;-) I have a dmcrypt on top of the (software) RAID5, so speed is not so much of an issue in this case, but reducing physical wear & tear on the disks would always be a good thing. Maybe someday if I am brave I will try it... but probably not until I made a full backup, just in case.
