If you partition off 20GB on one drive, you're going to lose that
20GB on every drive in the array. And yes, if that drive dies, your
OS dies.
I have only had access to software RAID (not counting Xserve RAID),
so in the past, I mirrored two internal drives before installing the
OS, and just booted from it. If I were in your shoes, I'd create the
RAID5 set and just install the OS on it.
Ian
On Mar 29, 2007, at 8:13 AM, Ethan Murphy wrote:
Hi,
Is it safe to partition and place the server OS on one of my three
drives that I will use for a RAID5 configuration on my XServe G5.
I know that if a drive goes down I can replace it and rebuild, but
what happens if the drive goes down that has my OS partition on
it? Is this the proper way to do it?
My setup is 3 500GB drive in an XServe G5. There is a 20GB
partition for the OS and the rest is Megaraided together to give me
just under a TB of space.
-Ethan
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