Hello
I have to install a RAID 1 System in order to mirror all partitions (exept the
/boot partition, I think). The Problem is that I haven�t made this before, and I
haven�t found a documentation that gives me the answers I need.
There are three HowTos available the old (normal) RAID HowTo for RAID Systems
in Kernel 2.0.x and 2.2.x, the Boot-RAID-HowTO and the new Raid-HowTo.
The Old HowTos are from 1998 and I think they are not up-to-date, isn�t it?
My question is now: shall I take the normal kernel-buildin RAID System (with
the mdtools) or shall I patch my 2.2.13 kernel (SuSE-Linux Distribution)
and use the new one (with the raidtools)?
In the old Boot-HowTo there are lots of steps to make and I think that I will
have problems in comprehending them.
The new one is much easier I think.
But is it really stable enough for a normal RAID 1 System with two
IDE-Disks? There is a /boot Partition (now RAID) and a / , /home and
/db-Partition on each Disk which I want to mirror.
This Server will stay on a little airport and will keep an adabas database so
the solution must be stable.
When I shall use the new RAID-System: Which patch can I take? I have only
seen the patch from Alan C. at ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/alan.
(I have the SuSE-kernel 2.2.13)
At ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/raid/alpha (I don�t know exactly the URL) there
are only patches for 2.2.11 and below.
I hope you can understand what I mean :-) and you can help me.
Thanks,
Andreas
