Matt Ayres on 30 Apr 2008 15:06:40 -0700


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Re: [PLUG] RAID @ Home (was "Saving data from a precarious drive")


Brian Vagnoni wrote:
> I always though,t perhaps incorrectly that you could do a software 
> RAID 5 with linux? Am I wrong about that, please and sincerely let me 
> know?
>

Yes... you can also do RAID-6 (double parity).  The only hitch is /boot 
must be RAID-1, not RAID5 or 6.

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