>under Linux you can use another partitioning scheme too, BSD
disklabels.
>But any nontrivial combination of block ranges needs something like
>LINEAR. But otherwise i aggree that there might be place for a new RAID
>level called 'SPLICE' or the ability to partition a RAID device as
well.
>
> Ingo
On a "general use" system, as opposed to a "dedicated server" like a
news server, it might be really helpful to be able to partition a raid
device. I'm getting ready to build a new box this week and would love
to be about to throw 5 4 gig drives in there and have a 16 gig drive
space and deal with the partitioning after that.
I could build a basic box, leave a large amount of free space and later
partition that extra space as the use became more defined. I would know
that all the partitions would be protected by the raid software, without
defining and creating multiple raid partitions.
-Jeff
