Gilboa Davara wrote: > On Fri, 2006-03-31 at 20:38 -0600, Ian Pilcher wrote: >> >> Using LVM to create a single virtual device out of the md devices may >> make sense, *if* you trust pvmove, which the LVM HOWTO claims doesn't >> work. > > I *don't*. When I add drives to a RAID5 array, I back-up -everything-, > delete -everything- and rebuild the array from scratch. > Doing work on RAID live array (with no backup), -even- if you are > working on another partition is a big no-no in my book. Single > mistake... single twisted IDE/SCSI/SATA cable tends to be a career > altering mistake ;) > As I've learned to my sorrow, no amount of RAID will protect you against a misplaced 'rm -rf'. I would love to have a *real* backup of my music collection. Unfortunately, by "real" I mean some sort of relatively stable media that can be put in a safe deposit box or something -- i.e. a USB disk drive is out. To the extent that I've looked, tape solutions are just too damn expensive. -- ======================================================================== Ian Pilcher i.pilcher@xxxxxxxxxxx ========================================================================
