[email protected] wrote: > > What I don't understand is what does the linux dmraid4-5 module do?
We'll, let's see if it's doing anything at all. What do you get from: cat /proc/mdstat and: lsmod | grep raid > Is any maintenance of the array handled by the dmraid4-5 module? > > What does my bios manage as part of all this? For example that is where I > chose the Nvidia in place of the JMicron controller. I have little > understanding of the difference between them. > > If maintenance of the array is required, i.e. synchronization for example, > how often should this be done? If it means that I have to boot into > Winblows once a month for manual maintenance, that doesn’t really bother > me. Array maintenance is new to me. I've been running software RAID1 and RAID5 on several of my volumes for a while now and haven't actively done anything to them short of replacing a failed volume or two. > A few parties have mentioned Linux software RAID. I strongly suspect that > I would need to give up the dual boot scenario to do that (not a really > big deal on its own). Yes and no. You could move (or reinstall) Windows outside the Linux software RAID. > More importantly I would likely need to completely > reinstall my Linux OS, and all the various requirements of Mythtv and > other related software which is months or years of ongoing effort for a > non-expert like myself. Again, not necessarily. All you need it space to store the data while changing the configuration of the drives. If one of the drives can hold all the data you need (compressed or otherwise) you could degraded the array by removing one of the drives, move the data to it, and then wipe the other drives and build the new array and move your data/installation back. I've done this a few times to move an existing system either to or from RAID. -- Jamin W. Collins ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Mvpmc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/mvpmc-users mvpmc wiki: http://mvpmc.wikispaces.com/
