Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:39:38 -0500
From: Wakko Warner <wakko@animx.eu.org>
To: "Trever L. Adams" <tadams-lists@myrealbox.com>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: md and RAID 5 [was Re: LVM2]
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Trever L. Adams wrote:
> Thank you all for having been so kind in your responses and help.
> 
> However, there is one more set of questions I have.
> 
> Does the md (software raid) have disk size or raid volume limits?
> 
> If I am using such things as USB or 1394 disks, is there a way to use
> labels in /etc/raidtab and with the tools so that when the disks, if
> they do, get renumbered in /dev that all works fine. I am aware that the
> kernel will autodetect these devices, but that the raidtab needs to be
> consistent. This is what I am trying to figure out how to do.

EVMS can handle this for you.  I've used it with a raid set I made with some
of the drives being on usb and some on ide.

If you use evms, you might want to consider the activation after all disks
have been discovered.

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