I highly recommend simply using ext3 for your Linux setup. The 1 or 2 percent performance benefit that you may get from raw partitions is way outweighed by complexness of backups of the raw data.
either way: First I would suggest you read the Linux RAID howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Software-RAID-HOWTO.html Here are the basic steps: create a /etc/raidtab file for your array (probably md0) using a 32k or 64k chunk size (hint: man raidtab) run mkraid to initialize the new raid array (md0) (hint: man mkraid) if you want to use raw partitions: --------------------------------------------- #this is redhat/fedora specific add /dev/md0 to /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices (hint: man raw) add chown mysql:mysql /dev/raw/raw0 to /etc/init.d/rc.local if you want to use ext3: --------------------------------------------- mke2fs -j -T largefile4 /dev/md0 (hint: man mke2fs) --- Scott Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought a supermicro 6013p-t for the 4 sata raid > hard drives support. > Unfortunately, it doesn't really have raid at all. > So I'm forced to use > software raid. What I'd like to use is fedora core > 2 with an innodb > filesystem on a software raid partition according to > these instructions: > > http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/InnoDB_Raw_Devices.html > > > > Has anybody done this? I'm not a linux expert and > so I'm not sure exactly > how to set this up. When I try to setup software > raid in linux, I'm forced > to pick a filesystem and its mount point as part of > the process of creating > a software raid partition. So this is the part > that's stumping me. How do > I create a software raid raw device only to use as > an innodb filesystem? Is > this possible? Or maybe this can't be done without > hardware raid and I need > to buy a new server? > > > > GNU's Parted software > (http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/) has this to > say > regarding features, "Supported disk labels: raw > access (useful for RAID and > LVM), ms-dos, etc." But I've been unable to create > a raw software raid > device with that as well. > > > > Scott Mueller > > AccelerateBiz Managed Hosting > > http://www.acceleratebiz.com > <http://www.acceleratebiz.com/> > > Phone: (800) 360-7360 > > Fax: (270) 778-3081 > > > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
