Re: [SLUG] RAID and LVM

[Dean Hamstead <dean@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Regardless of the method used, with two drives you either get speed or 
reliability, you dont get both.

You either mirror (reliability) or stripe (speed).




Dean

Nigel Allen wrote:
> Greetings
>
> I want to set up a pair of 1 TB drives on an HP DL145 G3 and I'm looking 
> for suggestions as to the best way to partition them.
>
> Would I be best using software RAID and LVM? Given that it's a fairly 
> busy machine (mail server for 40+ users) I'd like to achieve:
>
> 1) Speed
> 2) Reliability
> 3) Ease of maintenance.
>
> Anyone care to take a punt at a layout?
>
> TIA
>
> Nigel.